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Becoming an Elder

 

It is a great privilege to become an elder—to grow in wisdom and have the capacity to share it with others. We celebrate this gift with prayers, blessings and rituals to mark our passage into the next phase of adulthood.

Positive Aspects of Aging

Valuing and respecting wisdom – whether attained through scholarship or life experience [more]

Found In: Becoming an Elder

Simchat Chokhmah

The original Simchat Chokhmah from which all others have derived. Elements include the donning of a shroud, the taking of a new name, and the planting of a tree. [more]

Found In: Milestone Birthdays, Becoming an Elder

Tags: birthdays, Debbie Friedman, Marcia Falk, tree planting

Becoming a Crone

A Simchat Chochma (Joy of Wisdom Ceremony) for a 60th birthday. Elements include the donning of a shroud, making vows, and taking a new name. [more]

Found In: Milestone Birthdays, Becoming an Elder

Tags: Debbie Friedman

Simchat Chochmah V'hatchalah: A Celebration of Wisdom and New Beginnings

A ceremony for a 60th-birthday celebrating 60 as the inauguration of a new stage of life "that promised great adventure" [more]

Found In: Milestone Birthdays, Becoming an Elder

Tags: Debbie Friedman, Marge Piercy, mi sheberakh

Croning Ritual

A ceremony for a woman to celebrate her 50th birthday in the context of her Rosh Hodesh group [more]

Found In: Milestone Birthdays, Becoming an Elder

Kavod Ha’em – Honoring a Foremother

A ceremony which adapts traditional texts and facilitates an individualized ceremony to honor those whose memory we wish to perpetuate [more]

Found In: Mourning & Bereavement, Becoming an Elder

Tags: eshet hayil, kiddush, Lori Hope Lefkovitz, tzedakah, yahrzeit

Rosh Hodesh: An Oasis in Time

How Rosh Chodesh ceremonies enable nursing-home residents to live in a cycle of significant moments [more]

Found In: Becoming an Elder, Rosh Chodesh

Appreciating Our Elders

Questions for an intergenerational Thanksgiving conversation [more]

Found In: Becoming an Elder, Thanksgiving