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Becoming a Jewish Adult

The path to adulthood is full of twists and turns. From celebrating a bar/bat mitzvah to leaving home for the first time, this is a journey fraught with new freedom, new responsibilities, and an abundance of complex emotions. We offer blessings, prayers and rituals that help parents and children use a Jewish vocabulary to describe this journey—and to experience it as richly as possible.

Photo by Jordan Cassway

Ki Orech Yamim: wishes for a long life

From Proverbs 3:2 [more]

Found In: Welcoming & Raising Children, Becoming a Jewish Adult, Shabbat

Olamcha: Your World

From Talmud Brachot 17a [more]

Found In: Bar / Bat Mitzvah, Covenant & Naming Rituals

World of Your Dreams (Andy’s Bar Mitzvah Song)

"May you live to see your world fulfilled"—song by Debbie Friedman, z"l - based on Talmud Berachot 17a [more]

Found In: Bar / Bat Mitzvah, Covenant & Naming Rituals, Choosing & Affirming a Jewish Life

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

Driver's Prayer

A prayer to be recited before or while driving, to remind us of the life-and-death consequences of our choices when we drive [more]

Found In: Driver's License, Traveling

Tags: tefilat haderech

On Your Way

To a grown child leaving on travels [more]

Found In: Leaving Home, Traveling

Tags: tefilat haderech

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

Blessing Loved Ones

Blessing for loved ones (partner, children, guest, etc...) on Shabbat or any occassion. [more]

Found In: Bar / Bat Mitzvah, Covenant & Naming Rituals, Friday Evening, Daily Prayer & Mindfulness, Parenting Day-to-Day

Tags: at the shabbat table

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