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“Hold our loved ones close to your heart”

A Contemporary El Maley Rakhamim

Our neighborhood has lost dozens and dozens of community members and beloveds, to gun violence in just the last few years, and we are not alone

El Maley Rakhamim for Victims of Gun Violence

Even though we may be wailing. We mustn’t stop working.

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The El Maley Rakhamim prayer reconstructed to honor the lives lost to racial violence

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Creative translation of prayer for the dead

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A ceremony to remember transgender people who were killed because of structural oppression and sinat chinam, baseless hatred

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A fresh translation of the El Maley Rakhamim to remember the six million Jews who perished in the Holocaust

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Based on the model of creation, this seven-part ritual focuses our intention and then consecrates the final resting place for our loved ones

Hakamat HaMatzevah: An Unveiling Ceremony

Traditional memorial prayer in which God is asked to shelter the soul of the departed for eternal life

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Traditional memorial prayer in which God is asked to shelter the soul of the departed for eternal life

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Jewish Spiritual Autobiography

 Writing a spiritual autobiography helps you to discover how teachers, touchstones, symbols and stories have led you to make meaning and understand the sacred in your personal story. In this immersion, join Ritualwell’s Gabrielle Kaplan-Mayer, a writer and spiritual director, to map out and narrate your most sacred life experiences. Four sessions starting May 16, 2024. 

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