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Becoming an Elder

It is a great privilege to become an elder—to grow in wisdom and have the capacity to share it with others. We celebrate this gift with prayers, blessings, and rituals to mark our passage into the next phase of adulthood.

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Source sheet pairing verses from Eicha with voices of immigrant parents separated from their children

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“God lives inside my walker…”

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A poem acknowledging we each have divine gifts.
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Four Questions to interview Jewish women at Passover

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A ceremony which adapts traditional texts and facilitates an individualized ceremony to honor those whose memory we wish to perpetuate

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How Rosh Chodesh ceremonies enable nursing-home residents to live in a cycle of significant moments
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Questions for an intergenerational Thanksgiving conversation

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