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Unfolding:
A High Holy Day Companion
A call to live more deeply, love more expansively, and find beauty in our imperfect, fragile existence.
Unfolding received a starred review from Kirkus
"The sources are wide-ranging and engagingly venture beyond traditional religious interpretations of High Holiday themes … an excellent resource for readers seeking a deeper High Holidays experience."
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Starred Kirkus Review
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"The sources are wide-ranging and engagingly venture beyond traditional religious interpretations of High Holiday themes … an excellent resource for readers seeking a deeper High Holidays experience." ★ Starred Kirkus Review ★
Unfolding: A High Holy Day Companion
Karyn Kedar extends an invitation to slow down, reflect, and engage with the rhythms of the Jewish calendar as a way to explore life’s most profound questions. Spanning the sacred period from Tisha B’Av to Yom Kippur, these pages offer more than a spiritual guide—they are a companion for the heart and soul, encouraging a deep examination of our purpose, relationships, and faith.
Blending Jewish wisdom with personal reflection, this book creates space for contemplation on forgiveness, love, beauty, and the fragility of life. Each section asks the reader to pause, to engage with the metaphors and meanings of sacred time, and to unfold their inner life with care and intention.
Whether read day by day or picked up in moments of quiet reflection, Unfolding: A High Holiday Companion is a call to live more deeply, love more expansively, and find beauty in our imperfect, fragile existence.
JULY 3, 2025 • CCAR PRESS
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Praise for Karyn Kedar
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Reader comments for previous books:
“Insightful, honest, frank ... will comfort anyone, from any spiritual background, who is struggling with the issue of forgiveness and will guide them toward healing.”
— Marci Shimoff, #1 New York Times coauthor, Chicken Soup for the Woman's Soul, reviewing The Bridge to Forgiveness
“Inspirational, personal and full of lasting images, this book awakens us to the extraordinary in every ordinary moment.”
― Rabbi Debra Orenstein, editor of the Lifecycles series, reviewing God Whispers: Stories of the Soul, Lessons of the Heart
“Karyn Kedar has plumbed her soul to nurture the souls of those she serves. This latest offering of prayers, so deeply personal that they can be prayed by anyone, is an offering of love.”
— Rabbi Jonathan P. Slater, past Senior Program Director, Institute for Jewish Spirituality, reviewing Amen
I invite you to sit on the edge of what you know
and explore the mysteries of forgiveness, beauty, and spiritual renewal
Also by Karyn Kedar
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Amen: Seeking presence with prayer, poetry, and mindfulness practice
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Omer: A counting
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God Whispers: Stories of the soul, lessons of the heart
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The Bridge to Forgiveness: Stories and prayers for finding God and restoring wholeness
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Our Dance With God: Finding prayer, perspective and meaning in the stories of our lives