As we move through these Days of Awe, we hope that these readings and excerpts from Sha’ar HaShamayim, our Stephen Wise Temple machzor, will deepen your worship and High Holy Days experience.

The purpose of these Holy Days is to release the Divine Sparks within ourselves through the act of self-repair, tikkun atzmi. There is holiness inside each of us. There is a spark of the Divine within. May our sincere repentance, our heartfelt worship, and our righteous giving help to bring healing and repair to our broken souls so that we—renewed and restored—can bring repair to the world.

— Rabbi Yoshi Zweiback