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Today, and Maybe Only Today: a Reflection on Moving Out of an Unsafe Home

“Today, as I affix mezuzot, as I say the shehekhayanu, / As I step into a new chapter of my life, / I take this moment to acknowledge / That my life is about to change.”
  • by Brasha Smith
abuse, healing, moving, shehekheyanu
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Our Mikdash (For dedication of a sanctuary)

A short ceremony to rededicate/rename a sanctuary in someone’s honor
  • by Suzanne Sabransky
dedication, shehekheyanu, synagogue
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Berukhah At (Shehekheyatnu): A Divine Feminine Blessing for Momentous Occasions

“We praise you, Shekhinah, / who has given us life”
  • by Batya Diamond
shehekheyanu, Shekhinah
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Who Has Kept Us Alive: Prayer for Receiving the COVID-19 Vaccine

“A first that leads to other firsts”

  • by Heather Paul
covid, shehekheyanu, vaccine
Who Has Kept Us Alive: Prayer for Receiving the COVID-19 Vaccine

A Shehekheyanu for Receiving a Vaccine

“May this vaccine offer protection”

  • by Rabbi Margaret Frisch Klein
covid, doctor, healing, health care, shehekheyanu, vaccine
A Shehekheyanu for Receiving a Vaccine

Shehekheyanu: Bringing Us to this Day in the Age of COVID

A beautiful family gathering on Zoom to sing Shehekheyanu for a bar mitzvah

  • by Enie Vaisburd
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Shehekheyanu: Bringing Us to this Day in the Age of COVID

The Joy of Reunion in the Age of Covid-19: Shehekheyahu

Joyful ritual for reuniting after quarantine

  • by Nechama Liss-Levinson
shehekheyanu
The Joy of Reunion in the Age of Covid-19: Shehekheyahu

For All That Has Kept Us Alive: Humanist Shehekheyanu

Humanist Shehekheyanu

  • by Machar: The Washington Congregation for Secular Humanistic Judaism
candle lighting, Humanist, shehekheyanu
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A Prayer for the Polls

A prayer for the 2016 presidential election

  • by Elyssa Cherney
Election Day, shehekheyanu, voting
A Prayer for the Polls

Shehekheyanu in ASL

Learn the shehekhyanu prayer in American Sign Language, along with the Debbie Friedman melody

  • by Ritualwell
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Shehekheyanu in ASL

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Havaya Summer Programs

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