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An Embodiment Ritual for Planting the First Seeds of the Season

A ritual for the holy work of seeding your garden or farm
earth, garden, tree planting, water
Hands holding small brown seeds, with a blurred background.

Alternate Mikveh Ritual Using the Element of Air

While traditional mikveh rituals use water, this alternative uses the air generated by four fan-bearers.
  • by Maggid Eli Andrew Ramer
mikveh
clouds blowing across a blue sky

Ritual for Moving Out of a Home

A ritual to help you acknowledge your time in a particular space and prepare to move on
  • by Rebecca Van Wagner
moving
woman sitting in window seat, in profile, backlit

Circumcision or Hatafat Dam Brit Ritual Using the Heel

  • by Maggid Eli Andrew Ramer
brit milah, lekh lekha
bare feet walking in the sand

Burning the Cancer Shirts this Passover

  • by Bluma Sussman
cancer, healing
close up of bonfire flames with orange sparks flying in the air against black background

The Freedom Haggadah: A Story of Protest and Hope

Passover haggadah expressing the hope to protect Israeli democracy and freedom in 2023
  • by Benny Barabash, Yaara Shehori and Dov Elboim, Sigal Naim
freedom, Israel, seder
Photo by Erez Harodi of Israel democracy protest in 2023. Photo shows a large crowd of people holding Israeli flags. A large sign in the front reads "The state of Israel will be founded on freedom, justice, and peace" in both English and Hebrew. Another protest sign reads, "SOS Bibi wants to destroy Israel."

Creating Sacred Space: Calling the Directions for Selikhot

Selikhot ritual connected to the four directions
  • by Alex Carter
angels, selikhot
woman with long straight brown hair shown from behind looking toward body of water and shore of wheat and sky of clouds in pink and yellow and grayish.

A Ritual Honoring the Living Waters

“May I use these waters wisely”
  • by Elizabeth Caplun, Adva Chattler, Batya Diamond, Rabbi Ruhi Sophia Motzkin Rubenstein, Sheryl Shapiro
eco-friendly, water
Hands submerged in water with green leaves floating nearby.

Blessing for Cutting an Umbilical Cord and Ritual for Anointing a Baby’s Navel

“How might we mark the moment of birth and coming into Jewish covenant without focusing on the gender and genitals of an infant?”
  • by Rabbi Caryn Aviv
baby naming, covenant, gender, gender inclusive
closeup of person's white hands holding white baby's small bare feet with dappled sunlight shining

The Key: A Ritual for Perinatal Loss

Ritual to acknowledge grief related to infertility or perinatal loss
  • by Rabbi Nina Beth Cardin and Rabbi Janet Madden
grief, infertility, loss of a child
close up of white woman wearing white t-shirt with a few colorful horizontal stripes. she's wearing a necklace with a key hanging on it, and she's holding the key with two fingers. she has rings on her pointer and middle fingers.

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Read & Rite

One-stop shop for progressive Jewish books and ritual objects

Placement Office

Placement resources for rabbis and congregations

Havaya Summer Programs

Overnight summer camp and teen Israel experience

Reconstructionist Educators of North America

Professional group for people leading schools in Reconstructionist congregations

Reconstructionist Rabbinical Association

Professional association of Reconstructionist rabbis