Honoring Relationship Milestones

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As our relationships grow and deepen, many of us seek to celebrate these changes. We offer blessings and rituals to sanctify the complexity of our intimate relationships and celebrate their resilience.
 

Latest Rituals

Created by a bride and groom in their personal spirit, with an exchange of gifts fulfilling the tradition of kinyan, the “bride price”

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A tena’im ceremony based on a traditional version but using a new tena’im contract spelling out the couple’s mutual obligations in marriage

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Although Judaism offers myriad blessings for every event, there has traditionally been no way to mark one’s first sexual experience. The author discusses the need for such a blessing and offers a possibility.

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A ritual written by a groom which can be adopted by any couple

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