Ending Relationships

The dissolution of a relationship is heartbreaking. Years of shared love and commitment can turn to bitterness and acrimony. Even friendly separations generate feelings of sorrow and loss. We offer rituals that address these emotions. These ceremonies also remedy the male-female power imbalance inherent in the traditional Jewish divorce procedure.

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Divorce Ritual: One Partner Participating

From the Reconstructionist Rabbinical Association Manual | Complete Ceremony

A ritual that provides dignity for a painful process and accords respect to the non-participating partner [more]

Found In: Divorce

Tags: get, LGBTIQ

Non-Gendered Reconstructionist Jewish Divorce (Get)

From the Reconstructionist Rabbinical Association Manual | Document

Language which can be used for an egalitarian bill of divorce/ritual "get" [more]

Found In: Divorce

Tags: get, LGBTIQ

Woman-Initiated Reconstructionist Jewish Divorce (Get)

From the Reconstructionist Rabbinical Association Manual | Document

Language which can be used for an egalitarian bill of divorce/ritual "get," woman to man [more]

Found In: Divorce

Tags: get

Man-Initiated Reconstructionist Jewish Divorce (Get)

From the Reconstructionist Rabbinical Association Manual | Document

Language which can be used for an egalitarian bill of divorce/ritual "get," man to woman [more]

Found In: Divorce

Tags: get

Confirmation of Reconstructionist Jewish Divorce (Patur) - Female Couple

From the Reconstructionist Rabbinical Association Manual | Document

A certificate for dissolution of a partnership between two women [more]

Found In: Divorce, Gender & Sexual Identity

Tags: LGBTIQ

Healing the Jewish Divorce Ceremony and Ourselves

By Tirzah Firestone | Complete Ceremony

An egalitarian and emotion-filled get ceremony performed in the presence of the couple's havurah, which has also been torn apart by the divorce [more]

Found In: Divorce

Tags: get

Mourning a Marriage

By Rabbi Laura Geller | Complete Ceremony

An article describing a ceremony for a woman to do among friends following a traditional get [more]

Found In: Divorce

Tags: get

My Un-Wedding Ceremony

By Judyth Labensohn | Complete Ceremony

A ritual to be performed by a woman with women friends after the traditional get ceremony. The ritual moves from mourning to celebration and renewal. [more]

Found In: Divorce

Tags: get

Yom Chadash [A New Day]

By Myrna Gale | Complete Ceremony

A ceremony for a divorced woman to perform with a group of friends in which she mourns her old life and celebrates her future [more]

Found In: Divorce

Spiritual Divorce Ceremony

By Rabbi Jonathan Perlman | Complete Ceremony

A spiritual divorce ceremony performed by the husband in the company of friends and family to reframe his divorce as a healing [more]