As gay, lesbian, and transgender Jews have gained more acceptance within the Jewish community, we have sought a Jewish way for them to "come out" - either publicly to their congregations, or privately to their families.
On Ritualwell, you will find coming-out ceremonies, prayers, and personal accounts.
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Seder Lichvod Yetzi'at Meitzarim | Complete Ceremony
By Shoshanah King-Tornberg
A coming-out ceremony based upon the Passover seder to celebrate and honor liberation from the meitzarim (narrow places) of gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender secrecy
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Brit Hitvada'ut: Covenant of Coming Out | Complete Ceremony
By Jay Michaelson
A ceremony commissioned by the Human Rights Campaign Foundation for Coming Out Day, October 11, 2006
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A Coming Out Prayer for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender People and Those Who Love Them | Prayer
Adapted from the Sha'ar Zahav Siddur Prayers, Poems, and Songs
A prayer for National Coming Out Day
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Prayer for Coming Out | Prayer
By Rebecca Alpert
Prayer to be said upon coming out or participating in gay pride events.
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I Can Love All the Faces of God | Article
By Gilly Rosenthal
An account of a woman coming out to her mother and commemorating the event by taking an aliyah in synagogue.
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