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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How do we decide to be who we are meant to be?
Humanist Sh’ma
Learn the traditional blessing before the Torah reading in American Sign Language
Learn the shehekhyanu prayer in American Sign Language, along with the Debbie Friedman melody
Learn the shehekheyanu prayer in American Sign Language
Learn the blessing after the Torah reading in Hebrew and ASL
Learn the Reconstructionist blessing before the Torah reading in Hebrew and ASL
Learn the blessing before the Torah reading in Hebrew and ASL
A prayer to be said upon a child leaving for college
Now more than ever, we need the guidance of our ancestors, and creative expression provides a wonderful path for connection.
Express your love and gratitude for those who have profoundly shaped your journey and summon their wisdom into your own life.
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