When children leave home, both parents and children experience mixed emotions. Parents may feel satisfaction that their children have attained the maturity and competence to venture out, even as they regret the emptiness they feel. Children may feel excitement and trepidation about embarking independently and also sadness as they leave their childhood home. Rituals such as those offered here can help everyone through this complex experience.
A poem about the wisdom in female friendship and laughter
How do we decide to be who we are meant to be?
A prayer to be said upon a child leaving for college
From mezzuzahs to interfaith sharing, this is a fun and short introduction to the world of dedicating your new home.
Creating separation and offering blessings moves from their family home to their new college home
A midrash and personal story about how our children teach us the lessons that we refuse to learn as adults
Serving as central organization of the Reconstructionist movement
Training the next generation of groundbreaking rabbis
Modeling respectful conversations on pressing Jewish issues
Curating original, Jewish rituals, and convening Jewish creatives
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