Sanctifying Relationships

A couple embraces joyfully in a sunlit forest with golden autumn leaves around them.

Relationships bring people together in a unique connection. This is something to celebrate, whether through the public festivity of a wedding, or in the private reflection of immersion in the mikveh. Sanctifying our relationships elevates these unions and gives them a context of meaning and joy.

Latest Rituals

A beautiful wedding day prayer from parent to child.
a bride steps out of a car
You offered to walk with me around Queen Anne Hill, holding my hand / You offered to take me out again. / What was the meaning of these offerings? /
two people hold hands in a grassy field who are wearing identical pink wristbands that say "camping"
This ritual reinvents the Breaking of the Glass and turns it into a physical moment using breath and soil.
flowered chuppah at the end of an aisle
a blessing of two people under a tallit
“Instead of color and shape and symbols or frame / I ponder what is holy…”
Framed artwork with intricate circular Hebrew text and small corner illustrations, next to a Voter Protection badge.
This is a new interpretation of the traditional Seven Blessings used in a Jewish wedding ceremony.
two simple gold wedding bands
“We celebrate the triumph / Of love over hate”
queer couple - one in a white bridal gown and one in a blue suit - embracing under a chuppah with a rabbi wearing a rainbow tallit
“I stand here today to acknowledge and affirm this moment in my spiritual journey”
black and white photo of white woman immersed in ocean water, head sticking out the water, leaning back, eyes closed
“I wanted a way of acknowledging and bringing my own queerness into the wedding ceremony”
Two hands gently holding each other resting on a patterned gray blanket.

“So dear this daughter / As she prepares to immerse”

Silhouettes of two people sitting on a dock by a calm lake during sunset, reflecting on the water.

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