Preserve the memory of your loved one with a plaque on our Yahrzeit(Yiddish) The anniversary of a death, usually marked by the lighting of a 24-hour yahrzeit candle and the recitation of Kaddish, the memorial prayer. For U.S. Jews, the unveiling of the headstone usually takes place on or around the first yahrzeit. Wall. Learn More ->
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 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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