An Eco-Sensitive Alternative Tashlikh Ritual for Those Unable to Access Flowing Water
Tashlikh ceremony using bird seed instead of bread crumbs to protect wildlife
Shehekheyanu: Bringing Us to this Day in the Age of COVID
A beautiful family gathering on Zoom to sing Shehekheyanu for a bar mitzvahLit. Commandment. It is traditionally held that there are 613 mitzvot (plural) in Judaism, both postive commandments (mandating actions) and negative commandments (prohibiting actions). Mitzvah has also become colloquially assumed to mean the idea of a “good deed."
Rebirthing Ourselves to Rebuild Our World: A Feminist Mikveh Guide
Printable mikvehThe ritual bath. The waters of the mikveh symbolically purify – they are seen as waters of rebirth. A convert immerses in the mikveh as part of conversion. Many Orthodox married women go to the mikveh following their period and before resuming sexual relations. Couples go to the mikveh before being married. Many, including some men, immerse before Yom Kippur; some go every Friday before Shabbat. guide with blessings and kavannot
Israel
“My body, this wall of Herodian stone …”
Till We Have Faces
“We covered our faces in fear”
Shabbat
“ShabbatShabbat is the Sabbath day, the Day of Rest, and is observed from Friday night through Saturday night. Is set aside from the rest of the week both in honor of the fact that God rested on the seventh day after creating the world. On Shabbat, many Jews observe prohibitions from various activities designated as work. Shabbat is traditionally observed with festive meals, wine, challah, prayers, the reading and studying of Torah, conjugal relations, family time, and time with friends. creeps up on my week …”
An Intention Upon One’s First Shame-Free Orgasm
Finding joy in physical pleasure
Humanistic Shiva Service
ShivaSeven-day mourning period following the funeral of a first-degree relative, during which time family members remain at home and receive visits of comfort. Other customs include abstinence from bathing and sex, covering mirrors, sitting lower than other visitors, and the lighting of a special memorial candle which burns for seven days. service with humanist language
Never Again, Again: An Intention in Support of Uighur Muslims and to Bring G-d’s Presence into a Broken World
“this world / could / still be / different”
Draw Me Closer to You
“With every shudder of my weeping was a prayer”