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Becoming a Jewish Adult

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.

 

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Humanist Sh’ma

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A meditation and teaching for taking on new responsibilities

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Learn the traditional blessing before the Torah reading in American Sign Language

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Learn the shehekhyanu prayer in American Sign Language, along with the Debbie Friedman melody

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Learn the shehekheyanu prayer in American Sign Language

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Learn the blessing after the Torah reading in Hebrew and ASL

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Learn the Reconstructionist blessing before the Torah reading in Hebrew and ASL

woman sings and man signs torah blessings

Learn the blessing before the Torah reading in Hebrew and ASL

woman sings and man signs torah blessings

A prayer to be said upon a child leaving for college

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“As I now hold the Torah so I once held you”

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The Reconstructionist Network

Serving as central organization of the Reconstructionist movement

Training the next generation of groundbreaking rabbis

Modeling respectful conversations on pressing Jewish issues

Curating original, Jewish rituals, and convening Jewish creatives

Join the Ritualwell community to explore rituals that will bring a sense of sacred awareness to your Thanksgiving table and into your everyday life!

Jewish practices provide us with valuable frameworks to foster awareness and joy through gratitude.

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