Topic Tags: gratitude

Latest Rituals

My Gratitude

“My gratitude is not for tourists.”
  • by Trisha Arlin
gratitude
a gratitude journal and pen

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

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

Collective Birkat HaGomel/et, June 2023

A blessing for a day with clean air.
  • by Kohenet Ilana Joy Streit
climate crisis, environment, gratitude, hope, nature
Open window with white frame

The Return of Modeh Ani: How Daily Gratitude Helped Me Heal

  • by Bluma Sussman
cancer, gratitude
bed and nightstand in bright room

Connection with All

“A cosmos of vibrations / Held gently within / This boundary / That is me.”
  • by Tiferet Welch
gratitude, shema
a woman silhouetted against a starry night sky

This One Small Life: A Prayer of Gratitude for Our Scars

“God of creation, / I come before You / to offer thanks for my scars”
  • by Alex Carter
blessing, gratitude, healing
silhouette of person standing with arms spread out in front of the sea at sunset. the sky is multicolored with oranges and yellows and reddish purples and some clouds.

Purim Breathes Into Pesakh

“What had been hidden / Became revealed”
  • by Tiferet Welch
gratitude, joy
light skinned woman with short blondish hair standing at the shor with arms wide open and sun shining on her face

What It Means to be Loved

Poem of gratitude on healing from illness with the support of a partner
  • by Tiferet Welch
gratitude, healing, illness, love
light skinned man with short brown beard with arm around woman in black shirt with short brown hair shown from the back

Modah Ani, Painting

“The holy that swims / through my sight …”
  • by Cathleen Cohen
art, creation, gratitude
watercolor painting by cathleen cohen called "sharp joy" shows beautiful pink flowers and green leaves and brown stems in delicate watercolors

The Reconstructionist Network

Serving as central organization of the Reconstructionist movement

Training the next generation of groundbreaking rabbis

Modeling respectful conversations on pressing Jewish issues

Curating original, Jewish rituals, and convening Jewish creatives

Read & Rite

One-stop shop for progressive Jewish books and ritual objects

Havaya Summer Programs

Overnight summer camp and teen Israel experience

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 woman sits cross-legged holding a journal in her lap

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. 

LEARN MORE AND REGISTER

Get the latest from Ritualwell

Subscribe for the latest rituals, online learning opportunities, and unique Judaica finds from our store.

The Reconstructionist Network

Reconstructing Judaism logo

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