Event

Name: Tree of Life: A Mind‑Body‑Spirit Practice
Start: 2026-06-02T12:00:00-04:00
End: 2026-06-02T13:30:00-04:00
Location: Zoom

January 2026
Torah Metaphors: Connecting Between Biblical Figures and Our Lives

January 22 @ 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm EST

Facilitator: Jacquline Jules
Program Type: Event
Topic: creative writing, midrash, Torah
Zoom

Explore the emotional lives of Torah’s women and men—and discover where their stories intersect with your own. In this session, you’ll read selected texts, reflect on your personal reactions, and write imaginatively to a biblical character, drawing connections to your modern life. Come engage with timeless narratives as rich metaphors for your own inner journey.

$18
Beyond the Eulogy

January 27 @ 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm EST

Facilitator: Ellen Blum Barish
Program Type: Event
Topic: creative writing, legacy, loved one, Memoir, obituary
Zoom

In this gathering with memoirist Ellen Blum Barish, you are invited to gently explore the unique imprint someone dear has made on your life. Together, we’ll open space for memory, feeling, and reflection—considering not just who they were, but how they continue to shape who you are becoming.

$18
February 2026
Oneg Shabbat: A New Table Companion

February 2 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm EST

Facilitator: Rabbi Sandy Sasson and Rabbi Jeffrey Schein
Program Type: Event, Free
Topic: Jewish ritual, Jewish spirituality, Shabbat
Zoom

Find fresh ideas, creative insight, and new ways to bring Shabbat joyfully to your table and community with Rabbis Sandy Sasso and Jeffrey Schein, editors of a new Shabbat companion.

Free
Drawing from Torah: A Generative Jewish Poetry Workshop

February 15 @ 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm EST

Facilitator: Dr. Eve Grubin
Program Type: Event, Free
Topic: creative writing, Poetry, Torah
Zoom

Discover how poets transform Jewish texts into powerful poems—and create your own in this generative workshop inspired by Torah and tradition.

Free
Exploring Disability Torah: Text, Reflection, and Creative Voice

February 23 @ 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm EST

Facilitator: Mat Wilson
Program Type: Event, Free
Topic: disability, Disability Torah, JDAIM, Jewish Disability Awareness
Zoom

Join us to explore Disability Torah—hear from writers, study texts, and reflect through writing in an inclusive, creative space.

Free
Uncovering Feminine Strength and Wisdom

February 24 @ 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm EST

Facilitator: Tzivia Gover
Program Type: Event, Free
Topic: creative writing, creativity, Jewish spirituality, Jewish texts, Poetry, Sarah and Haga
Zoom

We invite you to sample our upcoming Immersion, Sarah and Hagar: Uncovering Feminine Strength and Wisdom
in community. Join poet Tzivia for an interactive conversation on Sarah, Hagar, and feminine wisdom, followed by a creative writing prompt and time for sharing what we uncover.

Free
Purim & the Poetry of Resistance

February 26 @ 8:00 pm - 9:30 pm EST

Facilitator: Anna Goodman Herrick
Program Type: Event
Topic: Esther, Jewish joy, Poetry, Purim, Social Justice
Zoom

Prepare for Purim through poetry, imagination, and sacred play. In this generative workshop, you’ll investigate, conjure, and write new poems inspired by ancestral wisdom and the Jewish texts of Purim—a holiday that invites both joy and holy mischief.

$18
March 2026
Poems of Freedom: A Reading & Writing Experience

March 17 @ 8:00 pm - 9:30 pm EDT

Facilitator: Cathleen Cohen and Lynn Levin
Program Type: Event, Free
Topic: creative writing, Jewish spirituality, Passover, Poetry, Yetzirah
Zoom

Tuesday, March 17, 2026 8-9:30 p.m. EST Prepare for Passover—the festival of liberation—through poetry, reflection, and creative expression. Join Ritualwell and the Philly Yetzirah Regional Chapter for a special reading, […]
April 2026
Holding The Sweet and The Bitter: Four New Questions for Passover 2026

April 1 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm EDT

Facilitator:
Program Type: Event
Topic: Four questions, Passover, Passover 2026, seder
Zoom

As we prepare for Passover 2026, join us for a meaningful exploration of how to balance joy and challenge at your seder table.
To spark thoughtful and heartfelt conversation, the Ritualwell team has created a new collection of curated Passover resources, including four new questions to complement the traditional Four Questions. This printable PDF will be delivered electronically and accessible online, ready to bring to your table when you register for this event.

$18
The Art of the Unexpected: A House Parties Reading

April 27 @ 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm EDT

Facilitator: Lynn Levin
Program Type: Event, Free
Topic:
Zoom

Join author Lynn Levin as she invites us into narratives that are both surprising and resonant, ranging from the comic and absurd to the quietly profound. Whether you write, read, or simply love great storytelling, come be inspired by Lynn’s craft, engage with her work, and explore what makes these stories linger in the mind long after the last page.

Free
May 2026
Omer Counting for Purpose

May 20 @ 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm EDT

Facilitator:
Program Type: Event
Topic: Counting the Omer, Jewish spirituality, Omer, Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg
Zoom

Support Ritualwell’s Omer campaign and join a seven-week journey of teachings, creative prompts, and reflection exploring the question “What is mine to offer?” Rooted in the wisdom of the sefirot, this experience culminates in a gathering with Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg to help ground your purpose in action.

$54
June 2026
Tree of Life: A Mind‑Body‑Spirit Practice

June 2 @ 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm EDT

Facilitator: Rabbi Tsurah August
Program Type: Event
Topic: Jewish spirituality, movement, somatic pratice
Zoom

This Hanukkah, join us for a unique exploration of ritual, awareness, movement and light. Rabbi Tsurah August, a teacher rooted in somatic practice, mindfulness and Jewish mystical tradition, invites us into Embodying the Light — a session to awaken our bodies, our hearts and our spiritual vision.

$18

Event

January 2026

Torah Metaphors: Connecting Between Biblical Figures and Our Lives

Beyond the Eulogy

February 2026

Oneg Shabbat: A New Table Companion

Drawing from Torah: A Generative Jewish Poetry Workshop

Exploring Disability Torah: Text, Reflection, and Creative Voice

Uncovering Feminine Strength and Wisdom

March 2026

Poems of Freedom: A Reading & Writing Experience

April 2026

Holding The Sweet and The Bitter: Four New Questions for Passover 2026

The Art of the Unexpected: A House Parties Reading

May 2026

Omer Counting for Purpose

June 2026

Tree of Life: A Mind‑Body‑Spirit Practice

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