Gender Transitioning

It is a gift to be able to fully inhabit our physical selves, to feel that our bodies merge with our hearts and our minds. When we become the man or woman we were born to be, that gift is ours. The rituals and blessings here acknowledge the powerful emotions that are part of this journey and remind us of the promise that lies ahead.

Latest Rituals

“We ask your blessing upon our community, the holy assembly of all transgender people”
person holding white umbrella with multi-colored paint or sparkles raining down over them

Prayer honoring one’s gender identity

She’asani Ish V’ishah

A ritual for receiving a new Hebrew name after gender transition

Transgender Renaming Ceremony

celebrating a gender transition

Ceremony of Affirmation and Renaming

Printable mikveh guide with blessings and kavannot

Rebirthing Ourselves to Rebuild Our World: A Feminist Mikveh Guide

“Fierce heeled force of nature
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Blessing for Black T&GNC Folks

The Reconstructionist Network

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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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