Healing Services

Contemporary Jewish healing services began in the 1980s. For many people struggling with illness, these rituals provide community, inspiration, and a place where the focus is on healing the spirit rather than curing the body. Services vary widely, but standard elements often include meditation, chanting, music, prayer, guided visualization and teaching from traditional and contemporary Jewish texts.

Latest Rituals

A ceremony for going on hospice surrounded by loved ones

A prayer to repair the damage, address security measures, and heal spiritually after a hate crime

Mikveh ritual/ceremony for marking sobriety

A meditation for healing from a blood disorder

A poem for healing in the wake of tragedy or illness

Yizkor service remembering victims of sexual assault

A series of prayers to be said after Mourner’s Kaddish, specifically mourning the nine souls murdered in the Charleston church, adaptable for any service to mourn victims of racist violence

A script for conducting a Jewish healing circle, with tips on how to lead a successful healing circle

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

A prayer for compassion and empathy in the midst of fear and pain

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