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A collection of LGBTQ+ blessings, poems, prayers, rituals, and kavanot.
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“We all have a name / given by the mountains we climb”
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A ritual for receiving a new Hebrew name after gender transition

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A beit din ritual for gender transition

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I smashed my father’s statues and stood alone in the fragmenting dark

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Traditional blessings for mikveh immersion

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Name changes can be both liberating and intimidating. Taking a brief moment to recognize the holiness of the act, and to affirm the dignity of the recipient of the new name, can be transformative.

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