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This ritual can be woven into an aliyah, another part of a Torah service or can stand alone

Brit Torah: Baby Naming Ceremony

“In celebration we gather, / Knowing that what we celebrate is more / than the sum of the parts”

Prayer in Celebration of Ritualwell’s 20th Anniversary

“I call out in my despair / And God responds”

Joy and Despair

“Help me, God of Old, to see myself / through Your eyes”

Meditation Before Confession

“We gather around our tables/Singing songs of joy”

Gathering Shalom

“And the sounds of our voices, together, are luscious.”

On Re-entering Sacred Space After Quarantine

“May we take this vaccine as a sign of what is to come”

From Darkness to Light: A Meditation on Receiving the COVID-19 Vaccine

Confession of positive behaviors

Positive Confession (Vidui)

“Blessings so beyond our hopes for this world”

Wildly Unimaginable Blessings: A Prayer for 5781

Texts and reflection questions for each day of Elul

Daily Reflections for Elul in Anticipation of the Year 5781

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Curating original, Jewish rituals, and convening Jewish creatives

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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