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Becoming a Jewish Adult

A young person reads from a Torah scroll with two adults by their side, in a ceremonial setting.

The path to adulthood is full of twists and turns. From celebrating a bar/bat mitzvah to leaving home for the first time, this is a journey fraught with new freedom, new responsibilities, and an abundance of complex emotions. We offer blessings, prayers, and rituals that help parents and children use a Jewish vocabulary to describe this journey—and to experience it as richly as possible.

 

Latest Rituals

“We are proud of your pride in being Jewish”
A rabbi bring the Torah to a member of the congregation
“May you know your bounty”
tree in the center of image with light shining through, woman dancing to the right, wearing a gauzy white dress that's blowing as she dances with her hands outstretched. she has brown hair and light or olive skin.
“We praise you, Shekhinah, / who has given us life”
purple flowers with a banner reading brucha at bayta diamond
“We all have a name / given by the mountains we climb”
person standing on mountain in front of sea of clouds and sunshine

Honoring Bat Mitzvah pioneers

Illustration of five people ascending stairs towards a person reading at a podium, text reads Rise Up: Bat Mitzvah at 100.

Ideas for first menstruation ceremony

Three friends sit by a lake, forming a heart shape with their arms on a sunny day.

“Your birthright renews every breath”

A family stands in a field at sunset, as a child points toward the horizon.

“May you never feel alone for you will always have each other”

Two children walk arm in arm down a leaf-strewn forest path in black and white.

A beautiful family gathering on Zoom to sing Shehekheyanu for a bar mitzvah

A virtual choir with twelve people singing in individual video frames.

“The Divine breath / Enters the human shape”

Abstract art with a black circle at the center, surrounded by swirling white and beige lines on a dark background.

The Reconstructionist Network

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Training the next generation of groundbreaking rabbis

Modeling respectful conversations on pressing Jewish issues

Curating original, Jewish rituals, and convening Jewish creatives

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