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A Ritual for the Yizkor of Passover

Ritual using water, salt and stones to symbolize grief

  • by Rabbi Janet Madden
grief, narrow place, seder, yizkor
A bowl of assorted stones with one stone engraved with the word Remember in the center.

Virtual Memory Circle: For Those Who Cannot Gather for a Funeral or Shiva

  • by Heather Paul
grief, shiva
Smooth stone with Remember engraved, surrounded by a line of small stones on a wooden surface.

Fault Lines: For The Ones Who Need Healing

  • by Suzanne Sabransky
grief
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Rise Up Together: A Tisha B’Av Prayer for the Rohingya People

Dear God do not hold yourself silent; be not deaf or still dear God. / Be not deaf or still, dear heart.
  • by Rabbi Tamara Cohen
grief, mourning, refugees, rohingya, social justice, tisha b'av
a person's hands are cupping a lit candle

Mourners Kaddish After a Mass Murder

  • by Heather Paul
grief, gun violence, guns, mass shooting
A man with glasses comforting a person in a black shirt, standing in front of a red door.

Sefirat Ha’Aveilut: The Counting of Grief – from Shavuot to Tisha B’Av

A new ritual of creating a daily embodied spiritual practice for the liminal period of Sefirat Ha’Aveilut/the counting of grief, in the nine weeks between Shavuot and Tisha b’Av
  • by Karen Erlichman and Caryn Aviv
blessing, grief, reflection, Sefirat Ha’Aveilut, Shavuot, text study, tisha b'av
the silhouette of a person sitting with hands clasped and head bowed, there are trees in the background

Grief and Hope: A Tisha B’Av Service

A service written for Tisha B’Av 2018 at Congregation Beth Ahabah in Richmond, VA
  • by Cantor Sarah Beck-Berman
fasting, grief, hashiveinu, mourning, tisha b'av
a few tea candles glow against a dark background

On the Last Day of Passover

  • by Anna Goodman Herrick
grief, gun violence, guns, havdalah, mass shooting, queer
A field of vibrant blue flowers with green leaves in the background.

For Survivors of School Shootings

  • by Alden Solovy
grief, gun violence, guns, mass shooting, Sandy Hook, suicide
A smiling woman with long hair and a man with a shaved head standing outdoors side by side in a split image.

Devotional #1: Invoking Departed Souls

  • by Rabbi James Stone Goodman
grief, mourning
Person meditating on a large rock in a tranquil forest setting, surrounded by trees and natural greenery.

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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