“And this is how we begin again: let our lives be renewed at this sacred time, when the end and the beginning become one.”
“We don’t have to struggle on without end”
Kiddush: Humanist liturgy
Using water in place of wine or grape juice when making kiddush
“Wine or grape juice?” and why we should make both available at our communal celebrations
Watch this video or download the MP3’s to learn this chant by Rabbi Shefa Gold
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
A ceremony which adapts traditional texts and facilitates an individualized ceremony to honor those whose memory we wish to perpetuate
Blessing over wine, said at all joyous gatherings. Included are masculine and feminine blessings and a non-gendered blessing by liturgist Marcia Falk.
A ritual written by a groom which can be adopted by any couple
In this immersion, we will reflect and expand on our personal experiences of identity, using writing exercises and in-depth discussions to think about, challenge, discover, explore, and experiment with different ways to identify ourselves, to consider how those ways connect us to and separate us from others, and how they represent and misrepresent aspects of who we are.
Four sessions, starting June 15th
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