Thread by @DBashIdeas

🧵High Holidays Reading.

There’s a lot of shul coming up and some people have trouble focusing throughout.

I’m going to share some reading recommendations and encourage others to please add their own!

I really try not to over do it but around this time of year I like to remind that I actually wrote a book about sin that features a lot of High Holidays/Teshuva themes.

I’m proud of the work and would be ever grateful if you took the time to read.

a.co/d/4tBoCBO

My fondest memories as a child was getting antsy in shul and my mother showing me little stories or meaningful paragraphs in the machzor.

Make sure you have a great machzor.

I like the standard @artscroll. Great opening essay. Rabbi Sacks Machzor from @korenpublishers is great.

Strictly speaking it’s not Torah, but it really is all about Teshuva. The book Aspiration: The Agency of Becoming by @AgnesCallard is fantastic High Holiday reading.

Now in paperback!

Aspiration: The Agency of Becoming a.co/d/aenDyWW

Rav Judah Mischel’s book BaDerech is all about Teshuva. Super sweet stories and chassidic ideas. A pleasure to read.

Baderech: Along the Path of Teshuvah a.co/d/8aTxEkG

I’m sharing all this today bc if you order today on Amazon you can still get before Rosh Hashana.

For those comfortable reading rabbinic Hebrew, i always love Rav Tzadok’s Takanas HaShavin this time of year. It’s all about Teshuva.

Also there is a new edition of Rav Tzadok’s Poked Akarim, which relates to the Torah reading of Rosh Hashana.

More on this later…

Not everyone needs a whole book. Articles are great too.

The classic I return to every year is @pinidunner’s article on the Yabloner Rebbe.

tabletmag.com/sections/arts-…

I’ve also recommended Rav Dunner’s book which may not be as related to Teshuva but will def keep you awake in shul.

Mavericks, Mystics & False Messiahs: Episodes from the Margins of Jewish History a.co/d/1VSTOU0

Rav Kook’s yahrtzeit is 3 Elul. Right at the beginning of high holidays prep time.

In a way, Rav Kook’s whole life was about Teshuva.

Reading about him and his life is especially relevant this time of year.

The bio by @YehudahMirsky is incredible.
a.co/d/dlC7VDI

If you’re looking for some articles to print we have a lot of really great stuff from incredible guest authors this year on @18_forty.

Check out our Teshuva magazine.
18forty.org/magazines/tesh…

I write an essay for @tabletmag after each tractate in Daf Yomi.

Here’s a link to my essay on Tractate Rosh Hashana: tabletmag.com/sections/belie…

Here’s a link to my essay on Tractate Yoma, about Yom Kippur: tabletmag.com/sections/belie…

I haven’t read this yet but it comes highly recommended!

judaicaplaza.com/products/f-465…

It hasn’t arrived yet, but I ordered the new book on Teshuva and reconciliation from @TheRaDR

On Repentance And Repair: Making Amends in an Unapologetic World a.co/d/7l82vHA

If you have access to an academic library, this article has always hovered over my Teshuva experience. ❤️‍🩹

This is one of the most profound works of Jewish mysticism published in English in the last century.

If you’ve never heard of Sarah Yehudit Schneider, it’s time to discover her work.

You Are What You Hate: A Spiritually Productive Approach to Enemies a.co/d/2DAkPOP

For those comfortable with rabbinic Hebrew, the work Beis Elokim is severely understudied, deeply moving, and has an entire section on Teshuva (as well as tefila).

Written by the Mabit (16th century)

My dearest friend @hmabramson wrote a book on Maimonides approach to Teshuva. Will be with me throughout the high holidays this year.