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Although I always seem to pick the hottest day of summer, it is a ritual whose heat and aroma wraps me in serenity, like the fine silk of a tallit.

Ritual helps us pay attention. From the joy of a recovery to the grief of a funeral, ritual helps us inhabit the breadth of human experience.

The holiday of Tisha B’Av, the 9th of Av, compels us to see boundaries differently—instead of separating out personal loss from communal loss ... we compact grief into one uniting experience

There’s a test on everything here these days. Patience. Forgiveness. Understanding.

Submit by July 31st for this special publication for the High Holidays

We boys did not know how to comfort other boys, an example of a culture of male toughness, silence, and violence. 

Is a ritual for saying goodbye to a sacred text appropriate for saying goodbye to people?

Wasn't this man's dignity more important than my shoes? 

I can feel the energy of the mountain. Our pace has quickened. There are gifts awaiting.

Ritualwell invites you to submit new content related to Father’s Day. We are seeking guest blog posts, rituals, poems, prayers, songs… whatever you can imagine. For some specific ideas, see below. - Reflections on masculinity and gender identity connected to fatherhood - Beyond the necktie: non-material or unusual gifts for fathers - Developing compassion for one’s father as one becomes an adult - Who is the ideal Jewish father? From the Bible and beyond