Selichot Study & Services: "When Words Fail: Finding God through a Broken Heart" with Rabbi Ayal Robkin
Saturday, September 13, 2025 • 20 Elul 5785
9:30 PM - 11:00 PMSelichot kicks off the season with study and a unique service that reintroduces the key spiritual and musical themes of the High Holidays. This year our Selichot evening is in partnership with Hadar Atlanta, a new learning initiative in Atlanta. Rabbi Ayal Robkin, Director of Hadar Atlanta, will be our special guest. There is no charge, but pre-registration is requested.
About our speaker
Rabbi Ayal Robkin is the newly-hired Director of Hadar Atlanta. A native Atlantan and graduate of AJA and the Weber School, for the past 10 years Ayal taught Talmud, Tanach, Jewish Virtue Ethics (Mussar), Jewish Mystical Thought (Chassidut/Kabbalah), and mindfulness meditation at the Abraham Joshua Heschel High School in Manhattan. Ayal completed the Pardes Educators Program, as well as Semikha through Yashrut under Rabbi Danny Landes. He is moving back to Atlanta this summer with his wife Maddy Block, and children Neima and Menashe.
About the learning: When Words Fail: Finding God Through a Broken Heart
Have you ever felt like words weren't enought? This class explores one Jewish tradition's radical claim: that prayer is tmost received not through words but through emotion; a broken heart, the shedding of tears. To this end, we will engage in an exploration of High Holiday liturgy through a Talmudic discussion on the accessibility of God when it appears God is unavailable.
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