Evening Service

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

Latest Rituals

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
person standing small on rocky land beneath blue sky full of stars

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
Prayers from a dark room

Alternate Hashkievenu

“Shepherd me …”

  • by Danielle Selber
bedtime, blessing, hashkivenu, sleep
Alternate Hashkievenu

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

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
Creative Weekday Amidah Blessings

Hashkiveinu for Hope

“Allow us to rise in the morning with the fragrance of a new dawn”

  • by Sara Stock Mayo
hashkivenu, hope, maariv, peace, rest
Hashkiveinu for Hope

The Reconstructionist Network

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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

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