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Becoming a Jewish Adult

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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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A Jewish way to mark life’s passages

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“May your eyes sparkle with the light of Torah and your ears hear the music of its words” — a prayer for our children based on a talmudic passage

Three people smiling and holding a Torah scroll together in a synagogue setting.

“May you live to see your world fulfilled”

A misty forest at sunrise with tall trees and a carpet of red leaves covering the ground.
A ritual for parents and children involving a havdalah service before leaving for college and the hanging of a mezuzah upon arrival
hand touching mulitcolored mezuzah

A father’s prayer read at the Shabbat table prior to his son’s departure for college

father and college aged son hold hands
Ceremony for a child going off to college for the first time
college woman studying on a patio

A ritual for parents and children marking this significant moment in their relationship

hands in a plaid jacket holding the steering wheel of a car
A set of suggestions for creating a Jewish celebration of menarche
three women embracing, shot from behind, two holding sprigs of babys breath
A poem about a daughter’s onset of menses at the same time as her mother, the poet, begins menopause
silhouette of a woman photographed from behind in the lotus position facing the sunrise
A tambourine ritual for the onset of menses
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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

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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