While there are many traditional Jewish prayers for healing, the feminist movement empowered first women and then men and women to create many more prayers and ceremonies which spoke to the specific situations in which they found themselves. The complexity of modern medicine has added to this need for prayers for medical tests, prayers before surgery, prayers after chemotherapy and for each chemo session, etc. In addition, several writers on Ritualwell have created ceremonies to celebrate an important anniversary in relationship to their disease.Â
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A prayer for strength, wisdom, and compassion amidst pain and suffering
A prayer before learning, written for the International AIDS Conference
A poem describing the intense journey from illness to healing for an individual and a community
A meditation for Tisha B’ Av and Shabbat Nakhamu, the Sabbath of Comfort
A kavannah to be recited before swabbing for Gift of Life Bone Marrow Foundation
Original prayers for healing and strength when one is in the hospital
This ritual is intended to help kids to have a focal point firmly grounded in their faith on the day of their visit to the doctor
An original melody excerpted from the prayer for healing
Prayers and kavannot for those who should not fast
A guided meditation for illness, pain, stress, or grief which calls upon imaginings of the foremothers
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