Evening Service

As day turns into night, we pray that the shelter of divine peace spreads over all the inhabitants of the earth.

Latest Rituals

A ritual for mindful and embodied recitation of the shema
woman looking up with eyes closed
brown skinned woman with long dark hair in forest, hands pressed together, looking up, with a look of wonder or gratitude
“Creation happens through the dark”
person standing small on rocky land beneath blue sky full of stars
“Shine to me, stars. / There’s too much light.”
pinkish dark night sky with clouds and stars and person sitting on a boulder looking up at sky with headlight on their head
“Our days move like sea waves, sound waves”
person standing in ocean water with arms raised to yellow-pink sky, sun rising or setting
“We become / what is burned into us: what / we open ourselves to.”
Prayers from a dark room

“Shepherd me …”

Alternate Hashkievenu

Interpretive translation of second paragraph of the Shema

And If You Listen Closely: The Overlooked Paragraph of the Shema

“Infinite One, Don’t turn away–accept my prayers. I know You hear all our prayers”

Creative Weekday Amidah Blessings

“Allow us to rise in the morning with the fragrance of a new dawn”

Hashkiveinu for Hope

The Reconstructionist Network

Serving as central organization of the Reconstructionist movement

Training the next generation of groundbreaking rabbis

Modeling respectful conversations on pressing Jewish issues

Curating original, Jewish rituals, and convening Jewish creatives

Jewish Spiritual Autobiography

 Writing a spiritual autobiography helps you to discover how teachers, touchstones, symbols and stories have led you to make meaning and understand the sacred in your personal story. In this immersion, join Ritualwell’s Gabrielle Kaplan-Mayer, a writer and spiritual director, to map out and narrate your most sacred life experiences. Four sessions starting May 16, 2024. 

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