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A Prayer of Beresheit in Time of War

“for us, / for the children, /  and for the children’s children…”
  • by Tiferet Welch
creation, Israel, peace, war
children in silhouette playing on the rocks

And Now….

“we must turn from death and war / and learn again the message of hope and love and peace.”
  • by Rabbi Gaylia R. Rooks
creation, Israel, peace, war
light filters through trees

The Image

“If you were not, / I never would have seen the face of creation.”
  • by Jaden Diamond
creation, diversity, shema
two people in silhouette on a mountaintop at sunset

A Poem for the High Holidays

“We are at the beginning / Of new cycles / In a world that is ours / Transcending time and space.”
  • by Amy Eisen
congregation, creation, gratitude, joy, memory
two people holding fire poi

Till It and Tend It

“My grandchild, at three, is imperious”
  • by Cathleen Cohen
creation, grandparents
small white boy in orange t-shirt playing with toys at a table

And You Shall Bind Them as a Sign: A Creation Kavannah for Wrapping Tefillin Straps

“I bind myself to light and darkness, brightness and night.”
  • by Rabbi Jeremy Schwartz
creation, tefillin
close up of light skinned man's arm wrapped in tefillin as he holds a siddur and wears a tallit

Prayer for a New Year

“This year may I drink myself full”
  • by Batnadiv
creation, New Year's, renewal
woman with light olive skin and short dark hair in black tank top with colorful pattern smiling, eyes closed, in a field of tall flowers, with yellow petals raining down

This is the Time

“Creation happens through the dark”
  • by Tiferet Welch
Amidah, creation, maariv
person standing small on rocky land beneath blue sky full of stars

Adam v’Mayyim: The Prayer Becomes the Praying

“We are here / To find the cracks / At the edges of possibilities”
  • by Tiferet Welch
creation, grief, hope, yizkor
mountains sunrise fog clouds

Renewing Creation Daily

“Renewal is the foundational / perpetual / potential / eternal source of metaphor”
  • by Rabbi Gila Ruskin
creation, renewal
sunrise in the background of thin stalks of plants

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Havaya Summer Programs

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Reconstructionist Rabbinical Association

Professional association of Reconstructionist rabbis

Placement Office

Placement resources for rabbis and congregations

Reconstructionist Educators of North America

Professional group for people leading schools in Reconstructionist congregations

A person stands, arms reaching the sky, where birds fly. the sun is in the background

The Jewish Spirit of Hope

Join the Ritualwell community to read and discuss examples of hope expressed in writing through song, story, humor and metaphor that will stir you to think about where hope lives within you.

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Read & Rite

One-stop shop for progressive Jewish books and ritual objects

Placement Office

Placement resources for rabbis and congregations

Havaya Summer Programs

Overnight summer camp and teen Israel experience

Reconstructionist Educators of North America

Professional group for people leading schools in Reconstructionist congregations

Reconstructionist Rabbinical Association

Professional association of Reconstructionist rabbis