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Ritualwell is your home for Jewish learning, creative inspiration, and connection.

We offer three types of learning experiences:

  1. FREE standalone learning sessions – take a dip and explore the waters
  2. Ritualwell Immersions – dive in for deeper learning with multi-session immersions
  3. ADVOT – make ripples in a creative community

Our 2023-24 program calendar is coming soon! Don’t want to miss it? Subscribe to our Ritualwell newsletter and stay up to date with latest news and rituals.  

Filter by “program type” or “browse by topic” to find the program that fits you! Ignite your Jewish creative spark with topics such as: liturgy, poetry, fiction, spiritual essay, spiritual practice, art, & more! 

ADVOT cohort registration opens August 6, 2023

ADVOT is Ritualwell’s online community of Jewish writers, poets, liturgists and ritual creators. Enjoy multiple Ritualwell Immersions throughout the year. Access our weekly online writing space, hevruta pairings, online retreats, an anthology, & more!

Browse our many other Ritualwell programs below!

Event Calendar

Let’s Get to Know Advot@Ritualwell

Facilitator: Gabrielle Kaplan-Mayer

Program Type: ADVOT, Free

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

Zoom

Join us to learn all about Advot@Ritualwell!

Recurring

Spiritual Revolutionaries: The Ba’al Shem Tov

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
Recurring

Crossing a Narrow Bridge: Reframing Jewish Divorce

Facilitator: Rabbi Ezra Weinberg

Program Type: Immersions

Topic: Liturgy, Poetry, Spiritual practice

Zoom

The phenomenon of divorce is not going to disappear. Therefore, let us begin writing a new chapter, without shame, of what your Jewish family looks like.

$250
Recurring

Filling the Well: A Monthly Embodied Creativity Salon

Facilitator: Elana Bell

Program Type: Immersions

Topic: Art, Fiction, Liturgy, Memoir, Poetry, Spiritual practice

Zoom

In this monthly salon, we will use embodied practices including breathing, sound meditation and movement to quiet the inner critic, calm the nervous system, and open creative channels.

$54
Recurring

Shabbat Shalom: Finding Peace Within

Facilitator: Gabrielle Kaplan-Mayer

Program Type: Immersions

Topic: Art, Liturgy, Poetry, Spiritual practice

Zoom

In this Immersion, we'll read poetry and texts, listen to music and look at art focused on Shabbat, rest and tranquility.

$180
Recurring

Spiritual Revolutionaries: The Ba’al Shem Tov

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
Recurring

Crossing a Narrow Bridge: Reframing Jewish Divorce

Facilitator: Rabbi Ezra Weinberg

Program Type: Immersions

Topic: Liturgy, Poetry, Spiritual practice

Zoom

The phenomenon of divorce is not going to disappear. Therefore, let us begin writing a new chapter, without shame, of what your Jewish family looks like.

$250

Brit Beyond Milah: Exploring Baby-Welcoming Rituals

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
Recurring

Shabbat Shalom: Finding Peace Within

Facilitator: Gabrielle Kaplan-Mayer

Program Type: Immersions

Topic: Art, Liturgy, Poetry, Spiritual practice

Zoom

In this Immersion, we'll read poetry and texts, listen to music and look at art focused on Shabbat, rest and tranquility.

$180

We seek to be a fully inclusive community.

People of all backgrounds, ages, genders, identities and levels of Jewish knowledge and creative practice are warmly welcome to our programs. We encourage writers who identify as BIJOC (Black Indigenous Jews of Color), Mizrahi/Sephardi, LGBTQ+, interfaith, low-income and disabled to join us.

Please note that this year we have increased our prices in order to increase the rate we pay our faculty. We continue to offer an array of free programming to be accessible to all. If you have financial need or any questions, please reach out to us at ritualwell@reconstructingjudaism.org.

All our programs take place online. All learning sessions are recorded and made available to registrants. For up-to-date announcements on our programming, please subscribe to our newsletter.

Our programming calendar runs from October 2022 through June 2023. Curious what this is all about? Register for a free open house session on September 7, 14 and 21 to get a taste of our offerings.

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