Facilitator: Rabbi Joshua Boettinger
Program Type: Event, Free
Topic: creative writing, Elul, healing, Mi Shebeirach, prayer
Join us to study the origins of Judaism’s central healing prayer and craft an original healing prayer.
Facilitator: Alden Solovy
Program Type: Immersions
Topic: creative writing, Liturgy, Poetry
Dive into the richness and depth of four gems from our High Holy Day Mahzor through reading, discussions, and writing exercises.
Facilitator: Ellen Blum Barish
Program Type: Event
Topic: Elul, God, Memoir, Rosh Hashanah, Spiritual practice, Writing
Join memoirist Ellen Blum Barish to prepare for a meaningful transition into the High Holy Days through the practice of letter writing.
Facilitator: Alden Solovy
Program Type: Immersions
Topic: creative writing, Liturgy, Poetry
Dive into the richness and depth of four gems from our High Holy Day Mahzor through reading, discussions, and writing exercises.
Facilitator: Anna Goodman Herrick
Program Type: Event
Topic: Poetry, Writing
Prepare for the High Holy Days with poet Anna Goodman Herrick to investigate, conjure, and generate new poetry from our ancestral wisdom and Jewish sacred texts.
Facilitator: Gabrielle Kaplan-Mayer
Program Type: Event, Free
Topic: healing, Kaddish, minyan, Misheberech
Come together with the Ritualwell community for a special 'Holding Each Other' gathering on October 7th.
Facilitator: Gabrielle Kaplan-Mayer
Program Type: Event, Free
Topic: healing, Kaddish, minyan, Misheberech
On October 21st, a few days before the holiday of Shemini Atzeret, our special guest leader will be Rabbi Deborah Waxman. Rabbi Waxman will lead us in grieving, praying and sharing as we mark the anniversary of the Hebrew date of the tragic Hamas attacks.
Facilitator: Ellen Blum Barish
Program Type: Event
Topic:
Join the Ritualwell community to read and discuss examples of hope expressed in writing through song, story, humor and metaphor that will stir you to think about where hope lives within you.
Facilitator: Malkah Binah Klein
Program Type: Event
Topic: democracy, Election Day, Jewish spirituality, ritual, Spiritual practice, voting
Join Rabbi Malkah Binah Klein and the Ritualwell community for a special event a week before Election day in the US to draw on spiritual practices for cultivating courage, resilience, and compassion for the week ahead–and beyond.
Facilitator: Melissa Rosen
Program Type: Event, Free
Topic: cancer, caregiving, creative writing, healing, support
Ritualwell is proud to partner with Sharsheret during Caregivers' Awareness Month for poetry, prose, and writing surrounding the caregiving experience. Focused on healing and support from the stress of this difficult role, we will find refuge in expressing our emotions through writing.
Facilitator: Adva Chattler
Program Type: Event, Free, Monthly program
Topic: challah baking, Jewish women, mitzvot, ritual, Spiritual practice, spirituality
Join Adva Chattler for a monthly gathering to explore the ritual of “Taking Challah”: the tradition of blessing the dough of our challah before baking it. Aside from the ritual, we will learn a new braiding and decorating technique each month. Our time together will be sprinkled with song, chant, storytelling and more, as we braid our challahs together. Recipe, step-by-step guide and more resources will be shared in advance.
Facilitator: Gabrielle Kaplan-Mayer
Program Type: Event
Topic: creative writing, gratitude, Jewish spirituality, Spiritual practice, Thanksgiving
With Thanksgiving approaching, this is the perfect opportunity to delve into gratitude as expressed in Jewish tradition and to create our own forms of thanks through poetry, prayer, or ritual. Join Gabrielle Kaplan-Mayer, Ritualwell's Director of Virtual Content and Programs, for a special pre-Thanksgiving event designed to inspire you before the holiday, inviting you to explore your personal feelings of gratitude and uncover rituals that will bring a sense of sacred awareness to your Thanksgiving table and into your everyday life!
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