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. 

Latest Rituals

“…you need to feel / how the ground may give way beneath the burden of you.”

A ritual to mark the closing of a mikveh

A prayer for ending a journey or experience in a specific space

From mezzuzahs to interfaith sharing, this is a fun and short introduction to the world of dedicating your new home.

A mikveh ritual to mark the transition from college to life after college

A havdalah cermony marking the journey from one’s current home to a new home

A prayer for strength to be said before facing a challenge.

A three-part ritual incorporating tashlikh, birkat hagomel, and daily blessings

Marking the transition to becoming a U.S. citizen with words, song, and festive food

One mother’s account of preparing for an empty nest through pictures and a Shabbat meal

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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