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Choosing & Affirming a Jewish Life

Our world offers a dizzying array of options for constructing identity and making meaning. In this context, all Jews are Jews by choice. Whether choosing Judaism for the first time, or returning or affirming this path for yourself, the choice to live a Jewish life calls for ritual and communal celebration.

Shehehiyanu

A modern version in English of the traditional prayer for giving thanks [more]

Found In: Bar / Bat Mitzvah, Covenant & Naming Rituals, Daily Prayer & Mindfulness, Choosing & Affirming a Jewish Life, Endings & Beginnings

Tags: shehekheyanu

Contemporary Misheberach

Blessings for growth in modern language for all occasions [more]

Found In: Covenant & Naming Rituals, Daily Prayer & Mindfulness, Saturday, Becoming a Jewish Adult, Gender & Sexual Identity, Choosing & Affirming a Jewish Life

Tags: mi sheberakh

Women of the Shawl

A poem dedicated to women who are crafters of tallitot [more]

Found In: Adult Bar / Bat Mitzvah, Bar / Bat Mitzvah, Contemporary Shabbat Practice

Tags: tallit

On the Return Path: A Kavanah and Blessing before Taking on a New Mitzvah

Originally written for the period of Teshuvah — return — preceding the High Holy Days [more]

Found In: Adult Bar / Bat Mitzvah, Bar / Bat Mitzvah, Conversion, Daily Prayer & Mindfulness

Tags: Lori Hope Lefkovitz