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Layehudim [Video]

Music by Noam Katz | Prayer

A beautiful melody to introduce Havdalah at the end of Shabbat [more]

Found In: Ending Shabbat: Havdalah

Tags: havdalah, Siddur Kol Haneshamah

Havdalah: Prayer for Holy Separations

Shared by Trisha Arlin |

Praising the holy, the mundane, and all that lies in between [more]

Found In: Ending Shabbat: Havdalah

Tags: havdalah, tallit

Simchat HaDorot

By Rabbi Lisa Hochberg-Miller | Complete Ceremony

A ceremony organized around Havdalah for a 90th-birthday celebration with children and grandchildren [more]

Found In: Milestone Birthdays

Tags: havdalah, priestly blessing

A Celebration of Life

By Nancy H. Wiener with Judith Tax | Complete Ceremony

Because 18 ("chai," or life, in Hebrew) years represents a lifetime, this woman decided to celebrate the 18th anniversary of her mastectomy with a pre-havdalah ritual. [more]

Found In: Healing from Illness

Tags: cancer, havdalah

A Ritual Acknowledging Separation

By Rabbi Nina Beth Cardin | Complete Ceremony

A mourning ceremony following the traditional get for a woman do with her friends. The ceremony centers around the tearing of a sheet or pillowcase meant to evoke sexual intimacy, the wedding canopy, keri'ah, the rending of clothing in mourning, and the cutting of the get. [more]

Found In: Separation

Tags: havdalah

Separating

By Ruth Berger Goldston | Complete Ceremony

A ceremony using havdalah, the ceremony separating Shabbat from the week, to mark the separation of the couple [more]

Found In: Separation

Tags: havdalah

Havdalah Divorce

By Rabbi Megan Doherty | Complete Ceremony

A divorce ceremony for the couple to be used following or, in some cases, in place of, a traditional get. [more]

Found In: Divorce

Tags: get, havdalah

Two-part Ceremony for a Son or Daughter Leaving for College

By Paula Pepperstone | Complete Ceremony

A ritual for parents and children involving a havdalah service before leaving for college and the hanging of a mezuzah upon arrival [more]

Found In: Leaving Home

Tags: college, havdalah, mezuzah, shehekheyanu

To A Daughter Leaving Home

By Rabbis Fredi Cooper and Jodie Siff | Complete Ceremony

Ceremony for a child going off to college for the first time [more]

Found In: Leaving Home

Tags: college, havdalah, mezuzah, priestly blessing

A Weaning Ceremony for Joshua Ruben and Eli Nathaniel and for Me

By Deborah Burg-Schnirman | Complete Ceremony

A beautiful weaning ceremony celebrated at Havdalah for twins and their mom [more]

Found In: Breastfeeding & Weaning, Parenting Day-to-Day

Tags: havdalah, shehekheyanu , weaning