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We cannot avoid the inexorable truth: there is more work to be done as a Jewish community!

In our ceremony for Passover, we focused on the redemptive properties of the living waters rather than on

Check out our Passover resources and you will find a wide variety of readings, songs, and poems.  And, as  you prepare for your seder, please remember to share your materials with us. 

What music might best serve as a soundtrack to this year’s Purim experience? Join our humorous debate!

This year Purim falls on International Women's Day. What would our Purim heroines think about the rights and roles of women in today's world?

What music might best serve as a soundtrack to this year’s Purim experience? Join our humorous debate!

Over the last several years my relationship to Purim has changed. I have come to appreciate the invitation to simply be happy and to play with convention in a contained and bounded way.

Everything you add to our site increases the resources available to like minded people searching for innovative Jewish ritual to mark meaningful occasions. We are grateful to those of you have contributed, and encourage all of you to take part. 

In honor of Tu Bi'Shevat, we are happy to offer this piece from our friends at Isabella Freedman. On behalf of the Ritualwell team, we wish you a joyous and fruitful New Year of the Trees!

On Rosh Hashanah L’ilanot, the New Year of the Trees, the trees and the Tree of Life are judged for another year of fertility or not—just like human beings are judged on Rosh Hashanah.