A Ritual for Deciding to Have Children
Affirmation of wedding blessings when a couple decides to have children
A Kavanah for Conception
A prayer to be recited by a couple upon deciding to have children
Ritual for Conception
The author suggests adding an unlit candle to the Shabbat candlelabrum each week until the baby is born
A Prayer for a Child
Describes the practice of going to a mikveh (ritual bath) as it relates to the desire for conception
A Prayer for Insemination
A prayer to be read by the partner of a woman being inseminated with donor sperm in the doctor’s office
Ceremony Before a Vasectomy
Preparing for the procedure on the night before
Baby Naming Candle Lighting Blessing
A candle lighting blessing for use during a baby naming
Meditation on Birth
To be read at a Simchat Bat or Bris by the mother who has just given birth
Greening Your Simkhah
Guidelines developed by the Jewish Reconstructionist Congregation in Evanston, Illinois, the first (and only) house of worship in the world to receive Platinum-Level certification from the U.S. Green Building Council
The Song of Songs Seder: A Night of Sacred Sexuality
A seder intended for the eve of the Intermediate Sabbath of Passover when Jews traditionally chant or recite the Song of Songs.
