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Evening Service

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As day turns into night, we pray that the shelter of divine peace spreads over all the inhabitants of the earth.

Latest Rituals

Additional Amidah Blessings for Leading up to the Election

These new additions to the Amidah add created to recite leading up to the Presidential the election.
  • by Rabbi David Mevorach Seidenberg
Amidah, democracy, freedom, justice
scrabble tile letters spell out freedom

Make of Yourself a Mezuzah: A Ritual in Preparation for Unification Through the Shema

A ritual for mindful and embodied recitation of the shema
  • by Rabbi Janet Madden
meditation, mezuzah, shema, tallit
woman looking up with eyes closed

Simple Prayer

  • by David Hanig
light, tree
brown skinned woman with long dark hair in forest, hands pressed together, looking up, with a look of wonder or gratitude

This is the Time

“Creation happens through the dark”
  • by Tiferet Welch
Amidah, creation, maariv
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Stargazing

“Shine to me, stars. / There’s too much light.”
  • by Judith Kerman
aging
pinkish dark night sky with clouds and stars and person sitting on a boulder looking up at sky with headlight on their head

Modim

“Our days move like sea waves, sound waves”
  • by Cathleen Cohen
Amidah, gratitude
person standing in ocean water with arms raised to yellow-pink sky, sun rising or setting

Prayers from a dark room

“We become / what is burned into us: what / we open ourselves to.”
  • by Jessica Jacobs
blessing, Eden, light, ruakh
Silhouette of a person surrounded by countless glowing lanterns in a dark, reflective room.

Alternate Hashkievenu

“Shepherd me …”

  • by Danielle Selber
bedtime, blessing, hashkivenu, sleep
Person sleeping peacefully under a brown blanket beside a window with blinds.

And If You Listen Closely: The Overlooked Paragraph of the Shema

Interpretive translation of second paragraph of the Shema

  • by Rabbi Gilah Langner
climate crisis, eco-friendly, shema
A large, sprawling tree with twisting branches in a dense, green forest.

Creative Weekday Amidah Blessings

“Infinite One, Don’t turn away–accept my prayers. I know You hear all our prayers”

  • by Rabbi Debra Smith
Amidah, forgiveness, peace
Person in a white shirt with a hand on chest, wearing a beaded bracelet and a pendant necklace.

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Training the next generation of groundbreaking rabbis

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Modeling respectful conversations on pressing Jewish issues

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Curating original, Jewish rituals, and convening Jewish creatives

Read & Rite

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Havaya Summer Programs

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Reconstructionist Rabbinical Association

Professional association of Reconstructionist rabbis

Placement Office

Placement resources for rabbis and congregations

Reconstructionist Educators of North America

Professional group for people leading schools in Reconstructionist congregations

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Read & Rite

One-stop shop for progressive Jewish books and ritual objects

Placement Office

Placement resources for rabbis and congregations

Havaya Summer Programs

Overnight summer camp and teen Israel experience

Reconstructionist Educators of North America

Professional group for people leading schools in Reconstructionist congregations

Reconstructionist Rabbinical Association

Professional association of Reconstructionist rabbis