Body-Positive New Year’s Blessing
This is a time of year that people talk a lot about their bodies, so I will remind you: Your body is a wondrous thing. It has lungs that help […]
Prayer for Acute Mental Illness Crisis
Hashkiveini Adonai Elohai le’shalom ve’ha’amideini shomri le’hayyim Adonai, my God, make my laying down low be peaceful. Make me able to raise up again to life, my Guardian. I come […]
Prayer for Those who Decided to Stay Home
Because of the complexity of trauma and experience, it’s often not possible for folks to attend Jewish family or community events. I wrote this prayer for folks seeking to ritualize […]
Blessing after an Injury
What just happened? My body is not the same as it was before. I’m angry. I’m hurt. And I’m scared of what this means. Is this my new normal? Will […]
Mikveh Kavannah for Affirming Jewish identity
When recited by one who immersed to accept or to affirm Jewish identity: May these living waters carry me forward As I have now immersed deeper into the stream of […]
Havdalah for Parent of Gender-Transitioning Child
Good evening. I’d like to thank you all for coming to this special HavdalahLit. Separation A ceremony performed on Saturday night to mark the end of Shabbat and the beginning […]
Rituals for Donating Blood and for Receiving Blood
In the Jewish tradition, saving a life is the most important mitzvah.[1] When medically indicated, during accidents and in some illnesses, receiving blood transfusions can be lifesaving. Securing supplies of […]
A Ritual to End Hanukkah
The idea for this ritual came about when a comment was made that when a lit candle is used to light other candles, that first candle’s flame doesn’t diminish; rather each […]
Self-Birthing: A Ritual for Termination of a Pregnancy
The decision to have an abortion is emotionally charged, whether a person has religious or secular values. Many poskim have allowed a degree of leniency and have ruled that abortion […]
