Free Customizable High Holy Day Graphics

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Introducing ZenScribe, an easy new way to design beautiful, personalized Judaic graphics.

We are in the month of Elul—a time to do heshbon hanefesh (soul accounting)—as we prepare spiritually for the upcoming High Holy Days. This is a busy time of year, especially for clergy, synagogue administrators, and other Jewish communal professionals. Many of my friends and colleagues are feeling overwhelmed trying to get everything done for their congregations and communities before Rosh Hashanah.

While I can’t help with sermons, choir rehearsal, or security arrangements, I can (and often do!) help with graphics. For the past couple of years I’ve been working on a new platform called ZenScribe, that makes it simple to create customized graphics, certificates, prayers, and more.

As a gift to the community, I am offering a FREE 30-day subscription to ZenScribe that you can use to quickly personalize:

  • Volunteer Appreciation Certificates
  • Rosh Hashanah Greeting Cards & Coloring Pages
  • High Holy Day Visual Tefillah Slides
  • Yizkor Graphics
  • Prayers for Rosh Hashanah & Yom Kippur

*Start Your Free Trial Today (No credit card required—full access for 30 days)

*You can pick any plan– and I recommend choosing the Deluxe Community Plan, as it will allow you to create the maximum number of designs.

In addition to High Holy Day resources, your free trial includes hundreds of options for lifecycle certificates, volunteer recognition awards, personalized prayers, greeting cards, memorial graphics, and more.

ZenScribe is a brand new platform, and I’d love your feedback. If there’s a product template you need that isn’t yet available, please let me know—I’ll do my best to add it.

Here are samples of some of the High Holy Day graphics you’ll be able to create using ZenScribe:


Greeting Cards

Certificates 

Visual Tefillah

Coloring Projects

Prayers

Yizkor Graphics

Free ZenScribe Zoom Walkthroughs

If you’d like to see ZenScribe in action, I’m offering three free Zoom sessions where I’ll walk you through customizing any designs you’d like:

  • Tuesday, September 9, 3:30 pm ET
  • Thursday, September 11, 8:00 pm ET
  • Sunday, September 14, 5:30 pm ET

[Click here to register and receive the link.]

I hope that these graphics—and the new ZenScribe platform—will be a helpful tool!

Threads of Intention: Parashat Ki Teitzei

This week’s Torah portion, Ki Teitzei, includes the verse:

“You shall make yourself twisted threads on the four corners of your garment.” (Deuteronomy 22:12)

My illustration of this verse began with a journaling page, and evolved into a visual reminder to weave sacred intention into the fabric of our daily lives. Every knot and thread symbolizes connection—to God, to community, and to the spark of holiness embedded within our soul.

Here are a couple journaling pages on the theme of holiness.

Prayer for the Week: Holy Light

Eternal Source of Hope and Healing—
When we feel vulnerable and afraid,
show us that we are not alone!

When we are weary and in need of solace,
remind us that we cannot take care of others
if we don’t first take care of ourselves.

When we feel unwelcome and unappreciated,
grant us a sense of belonging and inspire us
to reach out in love and friendship to those in need.

Help us discover the spark of Divinity
implanted within each of our souls,
and allow us to know at a core level
that we are more than enough: we are Holy.

May Your Infinite Holy Light
shine upon us and those we love,
and bless us with creativity, comfort, and connection.

Guided Journaling Questions

  1. Where in your life do you most need to feel the blessing of belonging right now?
  2. How do you balance caring for others with caring for yourself?
  3. What helps you remember that you are more than enough—that you are Holy?
  4. How can you share your light with someone who may be feeling vulnerable or alone this week?

Closing Blessing

Eternal Weaver of our days—

In this month of Elul,
as we turn and return,
guide us to create a tapestry
stitched with threads of kindness,
compassion, and courage.

As the High Holy Days draw near,
help us shape lives of meaning—
woven with light,
strengthened by hope,
and renewed in holiness.

May each stitch we make
fortify the fabric of our souls,
and may we enter the High Holy Days
wrapped in wholeness, light and love.