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Rosh Hodesh Heshvan: Oct.-Nov.

Latest Rituals

Tishrei Into Cheshvan

A prayer for the new month
  • by SJ Schlossman
High Holidays, new year
raindrops on red branches and a brown leaf

Heshvan

“Stand firm in the time of withering”
  • by Ann Kanter
Heshvan
brightly colored fallen leaves in yellow, purple, red, green

Mar Heshvan

“Whatever is being born / In the darkened seed / Of Mar Heshvan / Is welcomed”
  • by Tiferet Welch
grief
autumn forest with path between trees and waning light

Heshvan, Heshvan

“This is the month we remember the rainbow”

  • by Suzanne Sabransky
flood, Heshvan, noah, rainbow
A scenic road winds through grassy hills under a vibrant rainbow and a partly cloudy blue sky.

Miriam’s Moon: A Shiviti Meditation

Audio/video shiviti meditation chant

  • by Batya Diamond
feminism, meditation, Miriam, new moon
Full moon against a dark, star-filled night sky.

Shiviti Meditation for Rosh Hodesh

New moon meditation

  • by Batya Diamond
new moon, shiviti
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The Distance Between Desert and Water: A Meditation on Mar Heshvan

They call this time, Mar, the “bitter” month.

They call this time, Mar, the “bitter” month.

  • by Devon Spier
lost, water
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A Kavannah for Women on Rosh Hodesh

“The new moon is a new universe for women”

  • by Devon Spier
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A Sliver in the Sky: A Song for Rosh Hodesh

A song for the new moon

  • by Beth Hamon
Crescent moon in a twilight sky over a vast grassy plain, with distant mountain silhouettes on the horizon.

Shinui Ma’aseh Commitment Ritual

A ritual to help begin the transformation of a bad habit to something that is healthy and life-affirming

  • by Kohenet Ketzirah haMa'agelet
Heshvan, meditation, transformation
a stone entrance with open gates

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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