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Choosing & Affirming a Jewish Life

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Our world offers a dizzying array of options for constructing identity and making meaning. In this context, all Jews are Jews by choice. Whether choosing Judaism for the first time, or returning or affirming this path for yourself, the choice to live a Jewish life calls for ritual and communal celebration.

Latest Rituals

To connect the physical with the mental, emotional, and spiritual, Mayyim Hayyim provides Seven Kavanot (intentions) as a guide to help you slow down, center, and be present in the moment

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Passing down our ancestors’ staff from generation to generation

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“Our tribe contains tribes”

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A poem acknowledging we each have divine gifts.
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A new interpretation of Psalm 119

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Traditional blessings for mikveh immersion

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A poem for those at a spiritual crossroads 

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Certificate affirming one’s identity as a ger toshav, fellow traveler with the Jewish people

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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

Two people standing indoors. One is signing in ASL, while the other looks at the camera. Abstract art in the background.

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

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