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Blessing for loved ones (partner, children, guest, etc…) on Shabbat or any occasion

Text and expositions first published in Siddur Chaverim Kol Yisrael

Melody from the Hungarian family of Elisabeth Reiner, z”l, at the beginning of the 20th century

A variety of candle lighting blessings, traditional and modern, for holidays

Making room for understanding and inclusion of those outside the mainstream

A special reading setting out the intentions of a women’s seder

A prayer, fashioned after traditional tekhinot, women’s prayers, consecrating the endless preparations for Passover

A plea to free “anchored” wives from their limbo

A healing ritual for Hanukkah

On Shemini Atzeret, Jews offer a special prayer for rain (it is the beginning of the rainy season in Israel). The traditional version of this prayer refers obliquely to each of the forefathers and their relationship to water; this version highlights the foremothers.

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