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Ending Relationships

The dissolution of a relationship is heartbreaking. Years of shared love and commitment can turn to bitterness and acrimony. Even friendly separations generate feelings of sorrow and loss. We offer rituals that address these emotions. These ceremonies also remedy the male-female power imbalance inherent in the traditional Jewish divorce procedure.

Latest Rituals

Ritual that includes planting a seed for new life after a divorce

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A moving ritual marking a divorce

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A tashlikh ritual to affirm one’s wholeness after a divorce

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This prayer acknowledges the completion of a divorce in the presence of community

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Respectful egalitarian divorce ritual that includes a prayer for separating, intentions for a future loving relationship, and blessings from witnesses for compassion and an end to conflict and strife.

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The Reconstructionist approach seeks to elevate the pastoral possibilities of Jewish divorce, focusing on the emotional, spiritual and personal dimensions rather than on the technical processes of halakha.
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A ritual for parents to express themselves upon hearing the news that their child is getting divorced.
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A mother’s poem describing her experiences with divorce as they affected her daughter’s Bat Mitzvah

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