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 ->
The wonders of God’s creation are all around us: the air we breathe, the water we drink, the food we eat. But it is easy for us to take this bounty for granted—or worse, contribute to its destruction. It is our duty to tend to what has been given to us. These rituals and prayers remind us of the sacred nature of that task.
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On the path from the winter soltice to the vernal equinox and Birkat HaChammah, Blessing of the Sun, with instructions for kindling olive oil in a bowl
Blessing upon seeing natural wonders, such as lightning, oceans, mountains, rivers
For Rainbow Day (when Noah and company left the ark and received the rainbow covenant) and everyday while oil gushes into the Gulf of Mexico
A ritual to recognize and cast away the hardness we have allowed to exist in our hearts
Accompaniment to dipping the greens
An Israeli poet imagines a heavenly ledger filled with Earth’s beauty
Appropriate at all times and particularly suitable during the week that the chapter of Noah is the Torah portion
Mourning the deterioration of natural resources
Guidelines developed by the Jewish Reconstructionist Congregation in Evanston, Illinois, the first (and only) house of worship in the world to receive Platinum-Level certification from the U.S. Green Building Council
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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