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Four Ways to Find Gratitude During Challenging Times: A Ritual for Your Thanksgiving Table

These four prompts offer ways to share different experiences of gratitude at your Thanksgiving table. 
  • by Gabrielle Kaplan-Mayer
family, gratitude, hope, wisdom
autumn leaves turn read while trees to the left have leaves fallen

Brit Dorot (a ritual for a family convening or establishing a family foundation to make Tzedakah decisions together)

This ritual is for a family convening or establishing a family foundation to make Tzedakah decisions together.
  • by Robert Lichtman
family, tzedakah
the Hebrew letters for Tzedakah

Fresh Gefilte Fish

“G-d forbid we eat grocery store drek.”
  • by Richard H. Fox
cooking, family, grandparents
clawfoot bathtub

Celebrating a First-Time Grandparent

A complete ceremony to honor becoming a grandparent, either with the new family member’s parents and new grandchild present or from a distance
  • by Maria Pulzetti
family, grandparents
Smiling grandmother being hugged by toddler in pigtails against a black background

Blessing for Daughters

“May you claim your ancient power”
  • by Sara Stock Mayo
baby naming, baby shower, family, feminism, gender, naming
brown skinned woman in black tank dress holding hands and dancing with two brown skinned girls by the ocean with water in the background and sunlight

Vayeshev: Seen From Afar

“We never threw our brother / into a well, but coveted / his stories and dreams”
  • by Cathleen Cohen
dream, family
waves rippling and crashing to shore

Prayer for Healing after Surgery

“Is it selfish of me to ask / That she not be in pain?”
  • by Betty Pollack Shapiro
family, healing, health care, surgery
closeup of white arm with an IV in it in a hospital bed with person standing near bed

Devarim

“It was on an island of death / That my mother / Visited me.”
  • by Tiferet Welch
family, grief
person with backpack on standing outdoors looking out onto a misty sky with blurry landscape in the distance

Hukat Olam

“It is a cosmic principle … the Eternal Mystery”
  • by Tiferet Welch
family, grief, growth, healing, mikveh, parent, water
Hukat Olam

Not in This World or in the Next

“We will return to you, / you will return to us.”
  • by Cathleen Cohen
family, grief, memory, siblings
Not in This World or in the Next

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Reconstructionist Educators of North America

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Light the World: A Nia Dance Party for Hanukkah

Welcome Hanukkah through the Nia movement practice. We’ll kindle our unique candles to music by Jewish singers, followed by prompts for reflection and writing. Nia is adaptable to individual needs and abilities. Move with us on December 7, 2023.

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