Type: Prayer

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

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

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A plea to free “anchored” wives from their limbo
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A healing ritual for Hanukkah

Hanukkah menorah with nine lit candles, in an alternating pattern of blue and yellow, glowing in the dark.

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.

a person with outstretched arms in the water

Women’s prayer for rain

Close-up of raindrops creating ripples on a calm water surface.

The organization urges affixing a purple ribbon to the sukkah and reciting this prayer for those who have experienced abuse or who do not enjoy peace and safety in their own homes.

Sunlit forest with a rocky stream, surrounded by autumn trees and a dirt path.

Appropriate at all times and particularly suitable during the week that the chapter of Noah is the Torah portion

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A possible comfort for one who shouldn’t fast due to health

Three people sitting cross-legged on the floor, meditating in a serene room with minimal decor.

Some find the Yom Kippur liturgy, with its litany of sins, onerous, particularly for women. This text serves as a counterpoint to the traditional Al Het (confession) affirming our goodness alongside our sins.

a person stands in water with their arms raised toward the sky

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