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Ritual for a Girl on her First Menstruation, Welcoming your Daughter into Womanhood

A range of ideas to help a mother create a ritual for her child’s first period
  • by Madeleine Sklar
girls, menstruation, mothers and daughters, ritual, wowmanhood

Labors of Tzimtzum

“Soul vessels, with gods’ breath subsumed, / shatter in tessellated shards of light—”
  • by Aleksis Tristan Shaw
God, Tzimtzum

Fifteen Divine Things to Love Before & After Tu B’ Av

“The comfort of your presence The call of my being toward your light…”
  • by Tenisha (She/Her)
love, partnership, tu b'av

Moving from Grief to Joy: An Av Poem and Ritual

This ritual focuses on transforming grief through creative expression
  • by Madeleine Sklar
Av, grief, joy, tisha b'av, tu b'av

Eikha-Ayekha

“Wavering candlelight / illuminates our lament…”
  • by Rabbi Janet Madden
ancestors, generations, lamentations, loss, tisha b'av

An Imperfect Healing

“May we have the time /  to navigate our grief / with grace / at a pace  all our own. “
  • by Dani Rader
grief, loss

Downpour

“Rain clouds mass above, / so we race towards rows of stiff backed chairs…”
  • by Cathleen Cohen
family, generations, huppah, Jewish wedding, keubah, wedding

Grief sneaks up on you

“Grief sneaks up on you / It taps you on your shoulder…”
  • by Janice Leslie Hochstat Greenberg
grief, loss, soul

Holy Wholeness

“Call that kiss, PEACE. / Call the circle, SHALOM.”
  • by Trisha Arlin
God, peace, shalom

Asher Yatzar: The Blessing for Pathways

“Smell air / freshly washed by rain, admire / pink azaleas blooming in the yard.”
  • by Jacqueline Jules
blessing, body, gratitude, pain

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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