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“And this is how we begin again: let our lives be renewed at this sacred time, when the end and the beginning become one.”

Wine bottle, goblet, lit candles, and challah bread covered with a decorative cloth on a wooden table.

“We don’t have to struggle on without end”

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Kiddush: Humanist liturgy

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Using water in place of wine or grape juice when making kiddush

goblets and pitchers of water

“Wine or grape juice?” and why we should make both available at our communal celebrations

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Watch this video or download the MP3’s to learn this chant by Rabbi Shefa Gold

Two women hold ceremonial cups, wearing colorful attire, indoors against a red background.

Drawing on the themes of hayom harat olam, today is the birthday of the world, this ritual includes Miriam’s cup after Kiddush on Rosh Hashanah afternoon

water running down a mountain through mossy stones

A ceremony which adapts traditional texts and facilitates an individualized ceremony to honor those whose memory we wish to perpetuate

A woman kisses a smiling girl on the cheek in a grassy field.

Blessing over wine, said at all joyous gatherings. Included are masculine and feminine blessings and a non-gendered blessing by liturgist Marcia Falk.

Person holding a stainless steel cup with both hands, wearing a dark sweater.

A ritual written by a groom which can be adopted by any couple

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