Sanctifying Intimate Relationships

Intimate relationships bring two people together in a unique emotional and physical 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 intimate relationships elevates these unions and gives them a context of meaning and joy.

Latest Rituals

Original Ketubah

feminism, ketubah

white flowers

Blessing for Birth Parents by Adoptees Under the Huppah

adoption, blessing, chuppah

A delicate bee on a blossoming branch with white flowers against a soft blue background.

Queer Ketubah

gender, gender inclusive, genderqueer, ketubah, LGBTQ

A couple sitting on a sofa, kissing while holding a bouquet of white flowers, with patterned pillows in the background.

Everything Is But a Moment: A Meditation on Kohelet

meditation, megillah, mourning, welcoming

Person meditating with hands in prayer pose, eyes closed, in a dimly lit yoga class.

Interpretive Sheva Brakhot

Bride and groom walking on a beach with city buildings in the background.

Wedding Blessing Over Water

blessing, water, wedding

A couple stands facing each other at an outdoor wedding ceremony near a river, with an officiant in colorful attire.

A Rebirth Mikveh Ritual for Mothers

feminism, mikveh, parent

Staircase descending with potted plants on a ledge and a white railing on the right.

Fully Egalitarian Bentching

gender inclusive, same-sex wedding, sheva brakhot

family at dinner table

Alternate Seven Blessings

“We are thankful for all that is good in this world”

bride and groom at wedding

Self-Rescue: Prayer for Tending to Ourselves During Marriage

Rescuing our own selves was really the beginning

lost, love, water

arms reaching from underwater