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Rituals for Undergoing Bariatric Surgery

Shared by Nathan Weiner - Rabbinical Student at the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College | Complete Ceremony

A three-part ritual incorporating tashlikh, birkat hagomel, and daily blessings [more]

Found In: Hard Times, Endings & Beginnings

Tags: gomel, tashlikh

From Mi Shebeirach to Birkat HaGomel

Shared by Rabbi Jennifer Gubitz | Poem

A poem describing the intense journey from illness to healing for an individual and a community [more]

Found In: Healing Services, Healing from Trauma & Abuse, Healing from Illness

Tags: gomel, mi sheberakh

Adapted Traditional Bris Milah Ceremony

Shared by Adam Ring | Complete Ceremony

Shifting the focus away from the circumcision and toward welcoming [more]

Found In: Covenant & Naming Rituals

Tags: circumcision, gomel, mi sheberakh, priestly blessing, tekhine, welcoming

Birkat ha-Gomel

Prayer

Traditional prayer of thanks for a mother after delivering a child, or for one who has recently escaped danger or returned safely from a journey [more]

Found In: Childbirth, Traveling, Healing & Hard Times

Tags: gomel

Healing Service

By Rabbi Joy Levitt, Carol Rivel, and Debbie Friedman, z"l | Complete Ceremony

A healing service for earthquake victims which can be adapted for other circumstances [more]

Found In: Healing Services

Tags: Debbie Friedman, el maley rakhamim, gomel, mi sheberakh

Blessing: Gomel

From the Itim Institute | Ritual Component

Recited by the mother for the safe childbirth [more]

Found In: Covenant & Naming Rituals

Tags: gomel

Brit Milah for Our Son

By Ilana and Scott Ruskay-Kidd | Complete Ceremony

Traditional Brit Milah with added readings and prayers [more]

Found In: Covenant & Naming Rituals

Tags: circumcision, gomel, naming, priestly blessing, shehekheyanu

A Celebration of a Safe Return after a Year of Traveling

By Viviane Mercedes Topp | Complete Ceremony

A ceremony celebrating the author's safe return from a long journey [more]

Found In: Traveling, Endings & Beginnings

Tags: Debbie Friedman, el maley rakhamim, gomel, Marcia Falk, shehekheyanu

Finding Comfort After a Miscarriage: A Synagogue Ritual

By Rabbi Susan Grossman | Prayer

These prayers are meant to be recited in synagogue as an introduction to birkat hagomel (a prayer said during the Torah service by one who has survived a dangerous situation) by someone who has suffered a miscarriage. [more]

Found In: Pregnancy Loss

Tags: gomel, miscarriage

Simchat Yoledet

By Naomi Bromberg Bar-Yam | Complete Ceremony

A ritual to be performed in a women's group focusing on the new mother [more]

Found In: Childbirth

Tags: gomel, shehekheyanu