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SUMMARY:Oneg Shabbat: A New Table Companion
DESCRIPTION:Monday\, February 2\, 2026 \n12-1:00 p.m. EST\n \n\nYou are invited into a rich\, behind-the-scenes exploration of Oneg Shabbat: A Sabbath Evening Table Companion\, the new publication edited by Rabbis Sandy Sasso and Jeffrey Schein and published by The Mordecai Kaplan Center for Jewish Peoplehood. \nIn this event\, Sandy and Jeff will open the creative curtain and share the inspirations\, questions\, and intentions that shaped this beautiful volume. You’ll discover the many ways the Companion can enrich your own Shabbat practice—whether used personally\, with family and friends\, or as a resource for community gatherings. \nYou’ll also hear directly from several contributors—an artist\, a poet\, and a musician—who will speak about the creative sparks behind their work and how Shabbat shaped their offerings. Together\, we’ll explore the new digital resource and the pathways it opens for meaningful\, accessible celebration. \nThis session is designed for anyone who creates\, curates\, or simply loves contemporary Jewish liturgy—all who turn to Ritualwell for inspiration and connection. You’ll leave with fresh ideas\, creative insight\, and new ways to bring Shabbat joyfully to your table and community. \nRabbi Sandy Sasso is the author of the nationally acclaimed children’s books. Her children’s book\, The Shemah in the Mezuzah won the 2012 National Jewish Book Award for Best Illustrated Children’s Book. She is the recipient of an Indiana Author’s Award. In 2018 she received the Indiana Author’s Award for Best Regional Author.\n\n \n \n \n \n \nJeffrey Schein is the past Executive and current Senior Consultant for Jewish Education of the Mordecai Kaplan Center for Jewish Peoplehood. He has been a leading figure in Reconstuctionist Jewish Education the past fifty years and is a graduate of the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College (1977). He has authored 50 articles and a dozen books used in the education of Rabbis and Jewish educators.\n 
URL:https://ritualwell.org/event/oneg-shabbat-a-new-table-companion/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Event,Free
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SUMMARY:Drawing from Torah: A Generative Jewish Poetry Workshop
DESCRIPTION:Sunday\, February 15th\, 2026 \n12-1:30 p.m. EST \n \n\nHow do poets weave Jewish imagery\, Torah stories\, and sacred language into their work in ways that feel alive and authentic? And how might you do the same in your own poetry?\n \nThis generative poetry workshop invites you to explore Jewish themes through reading\, writing\, and conversation. Together\, we’ll read poems by writers such as John Keats\, Sharon Olds\, Dan Pagis\, Yehoshua November\, Marie Howe\, and Lucille Clifton—poets who draw on the Hebrew Bible and other Jewish texts to shape their work. We’ll look closely at how these writers transform ancient stories and symbols into powerful\, contemporary poems.\n \nYou’ll be guided through writing prompts inspired by these texts and poems\, with a special focus on moments from the Torah that spark imagination\, memory\, and meaning. During the session\, you’ll have time to write\, share your work (as you feel comfortable)\, and receive thoughtful\, supportive feedback.\n \nThis workshop is open to anyone interested in reading and writing poetry with Jewish themes—whether you’re an experienced poet or just beginning\, and whether your connection to Jewish texts is deep\, curious\, or newly forming.\n\n \nThis session will be recorded and sent to participants. We encourage live attendance for you to get the most out of the experience.\n \nDr. Eve Grubin is the author of the book of poems Boat of Letters (Four Way Books). She is also the author of Morning Prayer (Sheep Meadow Press)\, The House of Our First Loving (Rack Press) and Grief Dialogue (Rack Press). Eve holds a PhD on the poetics of reticence\, and she is a lecturer at NYU London and a tutor at the Poetry School.\n 
URL:https://ritualwell.org/event/drawing-from-torah-a-generative-jewish-poetry-workshop/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Event,Free
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260223T120000
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SUMMARY:Exploring Disability Torah: Text\, Reflection\, and Creative Voice
DESCRIPTION:Monday\, February 23\, 2026 \n12-1:30 p.m. EST\n \n\nJoin Ritualwell and the Disability Torah Project for a powerful\, inclusive gathering exploring disability\, Jewish text\, and creative expression. We’ll hear from Mat Wilson\, Founder and Director of the Disability Torah Project\, and a dynamic panel of writers including Dr. Amanda Mbuvi and rabbinical students Raphael Morris and Nora Chernov\, working at the crossroads of disability and Torah wisdom\, then move into a guided text-study session designed to invite your own reflection and writing.\n \nThrough a short writing prompt\, you’ll have the chance to respond to what you’ve read and experienced\, exploring how disability Torah can deepen our communal conversations\, spiritual imagination\, and sense of connection.\n \nThis event welcomes everyone—whether you identify as disabled or nondisabled\, whether you’re a seasoned text-studier or new to it. Come ready to listen\, reflect\, and write in a space of curiosity\, care\, and shared meaning-making.\n\n \nThis session will be recorded and sent to participants. We encourage live attendance for you to get the most out of the experience.\n \n\n \n\n \nMat Wilson (he/him) enjoys board and video games\, road trips big and small\, and any opportunity to be in the water. They discovered a love for Torah study through the art of source sheet creation and are currently expanding their written reflections through the Disability Torah Project. Outside of their free time\, Mat is a student at the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College and is pursuing a Master’s in Nonprofit Leadership at the University of Pennsylvania.\n\n \n \nAmanda Beckenstein Mbuvi\, Ph.D.\, is a scholar and teacher with expertise in Tanakh\, ethics\, and multifaith studies\, and a special interest in the way stories shape communal identity. In addition to serving as the director of the Center for Jewish Ethics\, she also helps students with disabilities get the accommodations they need to participate in the RRC learning community. Mbuvi is passionate about dynamic\, inclusive Jewish communities that cultivate what she likes to call “blessed interdependence.” In addition to numerous scholarly articles\, she is author of the 2016 book\, Belonging in Genesis: Biblical Israel and the Politics of Identity Formation\, published by Baylor University Press.\n \n\n \nNora Chernov (she/her) is a student at the Reconstructist Rabbinical College where she serves as the Advanced Intern for Community Life and assists in the RRC Beit Midrash. Nora is a passionate student and teacher of text\, especially all things Talmud. When not at RRC she can be found going on long drives listening to podcasts and playing all manner of board games.\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \nRaphael Morris (he/they) is an AuDHD rabbinical student at the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College. He feels privileged to be part of an intellectual tradition where his preferred modes of cognition\, learning\, and communication are not just tolerated but actively valued. In his spare time\, he enjoys wiki walking\, TTRPGs\, Talmud\, long rambling conversations and anything else tangential.\n\n \n\n\n      \n        \n      \n    \n 
URL:https://ritualwell.org/event/exploring-disability-torah-text-reflection-and-creative-voice/
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SUMMARY:Uncovering Feminine Strength and Wisdom
DESCRIPTION:Tuesday\, February 24\, 2026\n2-3:00 p.m. \nWe invite you to join us and sample our upcoming Immersion\, Sarah and Hagar: Uncovering Feminine Strength and Wisdom in community. Join poet Tzivia and Ritualwell’s Gabrielle Kaplan-Mayer for an interactive conversation on Sarah\, Hagar\, and feminine wisdom\, followed by a creative writing prompt and time for sharing what we uncover. Consider it an opening doorway—if you’re drawn in\, the full series awaits. \nTo join us\, register here. \n\n \nTzivia Gover is the author of ‘Dreaming on the Page: Tap into Your Midnight Mind to Supercharge Your Writing‘\, and other books about dreams\, writing\, and everyday joy. She is the creator of ‘The Life of H: Sarah\, Reimagined’ an online poetry project. The founder of 350 Dreamers\, an online international community dreaming for global healing in this time of climate crisis\, Tzivia is a board member of the International Association for the Study of Dreams and a past Director at the Institute for Dream Studies. Tzivia is a Certified Dreamwork Professional and a Certified Proprioceptive Writing Instructor. She has her MFA in writing from Columbia University\, and has taught in college and community settings domestically and abroad. Learn more at www.thirdhousemoon.com and https://tziviagover.substack.com. \nGabrielle Ariella Kaplan-Mayer is Ritualwell’s Director of Virtual Content and Programs. She is an author and educator whose work focuses on spirituality\, creativity and disability. Her personal essays have been featured in Tablet\, Shondaland\, NBCThink\, Wisdom Daily\, WHYY and many other publications and she has published several nonfiction books as well as plays for children. Gabrielle is currently working on a memoir about the power of intuition and ongoing conversations with her ancestors. She writes a Substack newsletter called “Journey With The Seasons\,” a weekly practice of meditative reading with creative self-expression prompts. Gabrielle holds a BFA in theater and creative writing from Emerson College and an MA in Jewish Studies from the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College.
URL:https://ritualwell.org/event/uncovering-feminine-strength-and-wisdom/
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SUMMARY:Purim & the Poetry of Resistance
DESCRIPTION:Thursday\, February 26\, 2026\n8-9:30 p.m. EST\n$18\n \n\nWhether Purim is your favorite\, somewhat problematic holiday or the source of some of your least favorite rabbinic takes\, this generative poetry workshop invites you to unpack\, reclaim\, and rewrite the sacred words we need now.\n \n\nLed by poet Anna Goodman Herrick\, author of A Speaker is a Wilderness: Poems on the Sacred Path from Broken Whole \, this Ritualwell gathering turns to the Book of Esther as a text of hiddenness\, inversion\, and holy disruption. Purim asks us to question power\, unmask false authority\, and listen for voices that have been pushed to the margins—including our own. \n\nThrough playful\, mystical writing prompts and shared reflection\, you’ll craft poems\, blessings\, and sacred language rooted in resistance\, courage\, and joy. Open to both new and seasoned writers; no prior writing experience is necessary. Come ready to play with language\, embrace the chaos\, and enter Purim as a time of celebration\, courage\, and creative rebellion.\n \n\n\n\nThis event will be recorded and sent to participants. We encourage live attendance for you to get the most out of the experience.\n \n \n\nAnna Goodman Herrick is the author of A Speaker is a Wilderness: Poems on the Sacred Path from Broken Whole (Monkfish\, 2024). They work at the intersection of spirituality\, sacred words\, and human rights\, towards collective liberation. Anna has performed their poetry at the Emily Dickinson Museum\, Patagonia’s Earth Day\, and One Billion Rising’s Artist Uprising at the El Paso Border\, and shared their work at the Library of Congress\, the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum\, and Bloomsday on Broadway. They have poetry in Spirituality + Health Magazine\, Rattle\, and The Los Angeles Press. Anna has created work for television and branded content for Teen Vogue\, Sony\, ABC Family\, Oprah Winfrey Network\, MTV\, and the Sundance Channel\, and created installations based on their poetry for museums and galleries worldwide.
URL:https://ritualwell.org/event/no-kings-no-masters-purim-the-poetry-of-resistance/
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