Endings & Beginnings

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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  poem about lovers and the Tower of Babel

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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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Blessing for those who have overcome obstacles to study and teach Torah

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“What needs to be sacrificed to go forward in strength and to heal?”

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“We are travellers on the path our ancestors took.”

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“But the walking kept me from disappearing”

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“What exists there is unknown and yet, what is known is there are places to be born”

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“I would like to bless us … To go naturally, and simply, and glowing on the face of the earth”

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A reflection on re-creating oneself

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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

Discover how Jewish folklore and personal memory can spark new poetry—join this creative immersion with poet Susan Comninos. 

Give voice to your own stories through the timeless power of myth and writing.

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