The Ruakh of Shabbat

Several hands tearing a round loaf of bread, symbolizing sharing and togetherness.

“Shabbat holds / Herself open. / All we need do / Is breathe, / And receive Her.”

A Prayer For Breathing

A person drapes a white, embroidered tallit over their shoulders, hand resting on their chest.

“May our breaths continue / And our health and the health of all / Be preserved / In this time of haze, fire and climate disaster.”

Celebrating a First-Time Grandparent

A hand touches a colorful mezuzah on a doorpost in a home.

A complete ceremony to honor becoming a grandparent, either with the new family member’s parents and new grandchild present or from a distance

Hillel Now

A person drapes a white, embroidered tallit over their shoulders, hand resting on their chest.

If I am not my body, then what am I? If I am not my feelings, who am I? If I am not my thoughts, where am I?   Source […]

The Reconstructionist Network

Serving as central organization of the Reconstructionist movement

Training the next generation of groundbreaking rabbis

Modeling respectful conversations on pressing Jewish issues

Curating original, Jewish rituals, and convening Jewish creatives

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