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Rosh Hodesh

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The first of each Jewish month—the celebration of the new moon, its slender crescent barely visible in the night sky—is a day historically associated with women’s renewal and celebration.

In recent decades, Rosh Chodesh has become an occasion for Jewish women to gather for learning, ritual, and spiritual exploration, and to mark life passages. Rosh Chodesh groups, meeting monthly, offer a women’s space in time. (Some men’s gatherings have begun as well, sometimes associated with kiddush levanah, celebrating the coming full moon.)

Latest Rituals

A Kavannah for Women on Rosh Hodesh

“The new moon is a new universe for women”

  • by Devon Spier
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Finding Creation in Destruction: A Meditation for the Month of Av

“What exists there is unknown and yet, what is known is there are places to be born”

  • by Devon Spier
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A Kavannah for Iyar

“When the seasons change, your mind’s eye opens”

  • by Devon Spier
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Kiddush: Humanist Liturgy

Kiddush: Humanist liturgy

  • by Machar: The Washington Congregation for Secular Humanistic Judaism
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Healing Through the Phases of the Moon

Rosh Hodesh winter healing circle script

  • by Sue Gurland
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A Sliver in the Sky: A Song for Rosh Hodesh

A song for the new moon

  • by Beth Hamon
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Return: A Prayer for Elul

A reminder that we have Elul to return to ourselves, the people we have wronged, and each other

  • by Trisha Arlin
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Poem for Elul

An invitation to open our hearts to prepare for the reflection of Elul

  • by Rabbi Patti Haskell
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Dance of the Twelve Sisters: A Tu b’Av Story

A midrashic tale of how twelve sisters, representing each of the twelve months, gather to dance and celebrate Tu b’Av
  • by Rabbi Jill Hammer
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Lament of the Twelve Sisters: A Tisha B’Av Story

A midrashic tale of how twelve sisters, representing each of the twelve months, gather to mourn on Tisha b’Av

  • by Rabbi Jill Hammer
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