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By Rabbi Karyn D. Kedar

Unfolding: A High Holy Day Companion invites readers into a contemplative spiritual exploration of the holiest months of the Jewish year. With a poet's heart and a seeker's soul, Rabbi Karyn D. Kedar leads us on an introspective journey through sacred moments, from the solemnity of Tishah B'Av to the self-reflection of Yom Kippur. With each chapter, the reader is invited to linger on themes of beauty, memory, repentance, and forgiveness. Woven with Biblical, Rabbinic, and liturgical texts, Unfolding is a journey into the inner landscape where our deepest questions reside. Whether you follow the calendar's rhythm or allow passages to find you serendipitously, these pages are a spiritual companion, offering meditations on a voyage of self-reflection, purpose, meaning, and love.

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Reading Unfolding is like watching an exquisite sunset while wrapped in a cozy blanket. In a world that feels increasingly unstable, Rabbi Kedar invites us to slow down and savor, to relearn how to notice, to linger and listen to the sacred murmurings all around. Infused with ancient wisdom, Unfolding offers serenity and soulfulness, teaching us to gently open our senses to the fascination surrounding us.
Rabbi Zoë Klein, author of Candle, Feather, Wooden Spoon: New Jewish Stories

To read Rabbi Karyn Kedar is to encounter love: of words, of humanity, and of God. Unfolding takes us on a journey from our collective spiritual low, Tishah B'Av, through the spiritual heights of the High Holy Days, and into living life in this fragile world. A lyrical guide, Rabbi Kedar has gifted us a companion for our inner work, an escort of love.
-- Alden Solovy, author of Enter These Gates: Meditations for the Days of Awe

Rabbi Kedar artfully guides us through the most significant cadences of Jewish time on the gentle wings of her poetry. Combining wisdom from our ancestors with stunning reflections and meditations, Unfolding is an invitation to presence---a spiritual companion that can help open us to the possibility and promise of our imperfect world.
-- Elana Arian, composer, prayer leader, and author of Elana Arian Anthology