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Endings & Beginnings

Our lives are shaped by a series of stories, each with its own narrative arc. We leave home and welcome people to our home; we enter our reproductive years and leave them; we end one piece of our life’s work and begin another. Endings and beginnings are bittersweet—we celebrate each with the awareness of the other. 

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A beautiful prayer for when you say goodbye to a beloved animal companion.
in shadow: profile of a dog and woman, locking eyes
“May every footstep and contemplation reveal the divine within, in whose image we are made”.
a woman hiking, walking towards a tree
What was the artist’s aim? / To say … Here I am
watercolor painting of a statue atop the corner of a building
“Holy One of Blessings, I’m returning to my sleep away camp; / my happy place; my holy ground…”
girl sitting outside, trees behind her
This ritual is intended for marking the end of the 12-month absence of menstrual bleeding after which a woman is considered officially menopausal.
the hand of a woman writing in a journal
This lovely ritual can be used across educational settings
a group of children holding hands below a rainbow
“To you, oh God of change, passage, flux, upheaval, and progress / be with us as the seasons turn…”
a girl holding a suitcase walks down a path surrounded by fields
Without a Jewish calendar, what does Jewish life entail?
hebrew words on stones
“So teach me to number my days / Savor the music of the birds / Entwine my branches with those of others”
two yellow birds on grey bare branches
“When we speak the truth to power – saying, this is who we are / We reach back to help those still stifled in Mitzrayim, or poised / Uncertain at the shore.”
bare feet on a rock in a stream

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