Blessings for Food

Food is a source of sustenance and pleasure. It brings us together around the table for holiday feasts and simple weekday meals. Baking challah with an old family recipe reminds us how food connects us to time and tradition. Trying an international dish at a new restaurant or growing our own tomatoes can show us the complex relationship between food and place. All of this is remarkable, providing so many reasons to pause and offer a blessing. 
 

Latest Rituals

A kavanah of gratitude to be recited before the meal

Grace Before Meals

A kavannah before eating to strive to make just choices

Eco-Kashrut Prayer

An addition to the blessing after the meals focusing on our family who brought us to this land, and the labor of the many whose hands brought food to our table for this celebration

Birkat Hamazon: A Thanksgiving Adaptation

To be recited upon eating food produced with special sensitivity to workers in the Food Industry

Ethical Consumption Kavannah

As the honey seeps into the cake, we find ourselves showered with sweetness

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Blessing over wine, said at all joyous gatherings. Included are masculine and feminine blessings and a non-gendered blessing by liturgist Marcia Falk.

Kiddush Over Wine

Sephardic traditions imbuing food with meaning

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Revised traditional “Harakhaman” for a baby naming

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For optional incorporation into a baby naming ceremony

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Blessings phrased in the traditional masculine and alternative feminine God-language

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Count On Telling Your Story: A Ritualwell In-Person Immersion

Join us for Count On Telling Your Story: A Ritualwell In-Person Immersion on Sunday, June 9th. Mix and mingle with old and new friends, enjoy delicious kosher-vegetarian food and engage in a variety of creative, thought-provoking sessions exploring rituals, writing, and art.

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