Morning Service

We greet the day with gratitude, blessings, and praise.

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Sanctuary

A moment of wonder during the morning service.
  • by Pearl Adler Saban
blessing, synagogue
Sanctuary

Make of Yourself a Mezuzah: A Ritual in Preparation for Unification Through the Shema

A ritual for mindful and embodied recitation of the shema
  • by Rabbi Janet Madden
meditation, mezuzah, shema, tallit
woman looking up with eyes closed

And You Shall Bind Them as a Sign: A Creation Kavannah for Wrapping Tefillin Straps

“I bind myself to light and darkness, brightness and night.”
  • by Rabbi Jeremy Schwartz
creation, tefillin
close up of light skinned man's arm wrapped in tefillin as he holds a siddur and wears a tallit

Simple Prayer

  • by David Hanig
light, tree
brown skinned woman with long dark hair in forest, hands pressed together, looking up, with a look of wonder or gratitude

Renewing Creation Daily

“Renewal is the foundational / perpetual / potential / eternal source of metaphor”
  • by Rabbi Gila Ruskin
creation, renewal
sunrise in the background of thin stalks of plants

In Praise of Creation

“Praise the heartbeat of the universe”
  • by Elizabeth Caplun
creation, eco-friendly, environment
view of mountains in blue and white sky with clouds with person on a rocky outcrop small in the scene

Modim

“Our days move like sea waves, sound waves”
  • by Cathleen Cohen
Amidah, gratitude
person standing in ocean water with arms raised to yellow-pink sky, sun rising or setting

Prayers Before and After Reading the News

Prayers for reading the news in a spiritually intentional way
  • by Rabbi Irwin Keller
compassion, elohai neshamah, healing, morning blessings
Prayers Before and After Reading the News

Wrapping, Embracing

“Every garment I inherited from you / is something to wrap in”

  • by Janice Steinberg
family, feminism, love, tallit
Wrapping, Embracing

Modah Ani

“May this be the last whispered prayer of my life”

  • by Martha Hurwitz
blessing, gratitude, morning blessings
Modah Ani

The Reconstructionist Network

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Read & Rite

One-stop shop for progressive Jewish books and ritual objects

Placement Office

Placement resources for rabbis and congregations

Havaya Summer Programs

Overnight summer camp and teen Israel experience

Reconstructionist Educators of North America

Professional group for people leading schools in Reconstructionist congregations

Reconstructionist Rabbinical Association

Professional association of Reconstructionist rabbis

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