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  • August 2023

  • Wed 23
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    Weaving Water: Recreating Jewish Water-based Rituals

    August 23, 2023 @ 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm EDT Recurring

    Facilitator: Sarah Chandler aka Kohenet Shamirah

    Program Type: Immersions

    Topic: Liturgy, Poetry, Social Justice

    Zoom

    Invite your ancestors to inspire your writing

    $250
  • September 2023

  • Tue 5
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    Change Through Acceptance: the Hasidic Notion of Teshuvah

    September 5, 2023 @ 12:00 pm - 1:15 pm EDT Recurring

    Facilitator: Rabbi Michael Strassfeld

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    Zoom

    In this three session program, we will explore the Hasidic notion of change through the study of texts and discussion. No Hasidic background is required.

    $36
  • October 2023

  • Tue 3
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    Let’s Get to Know Advot@Ritualwell

    October 3, 2023 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm EDT

    Facilitator: Gabrielle Kaplan-Mayer

    Program Type: ADVOT, Free

    Topic: ADVOT@Ritualwell, Fiction, Liturgy, Memoir, Poetry

    Zoom

    Join us to learn all about Advot@Ritualwell!

  • Wed 11
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    Holding Each Other: Israel on Our Hearts

    October 11, 2023 @ 12:00 pm - 12:45 pm EDT

    Facilitator: Gabrielle Kaplan-Mayer

    Program Type: Event, Free

    Topic:

    Zoom

    Gather with the Ritualwell community for reading, prayer and meditation. Hear the voices of Alden Solovy, Rabbi Haviva Ner-David, Sivan Rotholz and Rabbi Daniel Raphael Silverstein. Together we will say Mi Sheberach for healing and Kaddish for the fallen, and pray for the captives.

    Free
  • Mon 16
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    Spiritual Revolutionaries: The Ba’al Shem Tov

    October 16, 2023 @ 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm EDT Recurring

    Facilitator: Rabbi Daniel Raphael Silverstein

    Program Type: Immersions

    Topic: Spiritual practice

    Zoom

    Explore who the Besht was and some of his radical innovations, teachings and practices. In each session, we will move from text study, to sharing our reflections on the texts, to practical exercises arising from the texts.

    $250
  • Wed 18
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    Honoring Heirloom through Words: Writing to Discover & Declutter

    October 18, 2023 @ 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm EDT Recurring

    Facilitator: Gari Julius Weilbacher & Ellen Blum Barish

    Program Type: Immersions

    Topic: Art, Fiction, Memoir, Poetry

    Zoom

    What stories do the objects in your home tell? Are they all heirlooms, or do some hold sentimental value for small – maybe even silly – reasons?

    $180
  • Thu 19
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    Ritualwell Community Event: Holding Each Other: Israel on our Hearts

    October 19, 2023 @ 12:00 pm - 12:30 pm EDT

    Facilitator: Ritualwell

    Program Type: Event, Free, Standalone session

    Topic:

    Zoom

    Take time to pause and pen with the Ritualwell community this Thursday, October 19 at 12-12:30 p.m. We're all holding many emotions and concerns that change day by day, hour by hour. Poetry, prayer and creative expression can bring comfort and provide us with support. Together we will say the Mi Sheberach for healing and […]

  • Mon 23
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    Verses of Resilience: Poetry & Ritual From the Path of Cancer

    October 23, 2023 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm EDT

    Facilitator: Melissa Rosen

    Program Type: Event, Free

    Topic: Liturgy, Poetry

    Zoom

    We invite you to join us for an hour of poetry, prose, and ritual relating to any aspect of the cancer (or other illness) experience.

  • Thu 26
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    Ritualwell Community Event: Holding Each Other with Rabbi Annie Lewis

    October 26, 2023 @ 12:00 pm - 12:30 pm EDT

    Facilitator: Ritualwell

    Program Type: Event, Free, Standalone session

    Topic:

    Zoom

    Take time to pause and pen with the Ritualwell community on Thursday, October 26 at 12-12:30 p.m. We're all holding many emotions and concerns that change day by day, hour by hour. Poetry, prayer and creative expression can bring comfort and provide us with support. Together we will say the Mi Sheberach for healing and […]

  • Thu 26
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    Brit Beyond Milah: Exploring Baby-Welcoming Rituals

    October 26, 2023 @ 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm EDT

    Facilitator: Ritualwell

    Program Type: Free, Standalone session

    Topic: Liturgy

    Zoom

    How might we sanctify and honor the traditional brit (covenant) in ways that offer alternatives to traditional milah (circumcision)? Together we will explore issues involved in deciding to circumcise or not to circumcise, including personal experiences around this decision and alternative rituals to circumcision.

    Free
  • November 2023

  • Thu 2
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    Writing Our Aging Selves

    November 2, 2023 @ 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm EDT

    Facilitator: Trisha Arlin

    Program Type: Event, Free, Standalone session

    Topic: Liturgy, Memoir, Poetry

    Zoom

    Write, reflect and share your creative self with the Ritualwell community in this free, open for all session.

    Free
  • Mon 13
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    Mussar Poetry: Writing Toward the Other

    November 13, 2023 @ 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm EST Recurring

    Facilitator: Rabbi Joshua Boettinger

    Program Type: Immersions

    Topic: Poetry, Spiritual practice

    Zoom

    We will look at poems that not just describe but embody encounter itself, such as poetry written by people we might think of as ‘other' and poetry in which the poem itself directly speaks to the reader.

    $250
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