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Ten Rituals for Sukkot, Shemini Atzeret and Simchat Torah

These ten rituals provide an introduction to Ritualwell’s High Holiday resources.  Visit the Sukkot, Shemini Atzeret and Simchat Torah sections to explore these holidays more fully.  Shanah tovah u’metukah!

Hoshanot-Prayers for Redemption

Hoshanot, written in an acrostic, based upon the first official statemtent from Occupy Wall Street [more]

Found In: Pursuing Justice, Sukkot

Sukkah Blessings

Blessings to recite for building the sukkah and dwelling in it [more]

Found In: Building a Sukkah, Welcoming Guests: Ushpizin / Ushpizot

Tags: etrog, lulav, sukkah

Ushpizot

An invitation to our biblical mothers and other Jewish women to join us in the sukkah [more]

Found In: Sukkot

Seven Ushpizot

An invitation to our biblical mothers and other Jewish women to join us in the sukkah [more]

Found In: Welcoming Guests: Ushpizin / Ushpizot

Ushpizata: Egalitarian Seder Ushpizin

A seder based on Sephardic tradition and form for welcoming the spiritual matriarchs and patriarchs to the sukkah [more]

Found In: Welcoming Guests: Ushpizin / Ushpizot

Tags: Sephardi

Tivu: A Song of Welcome

A lively song that welcomes each ancestral guest to the sukkah by name [more]

Found In: Welcoming Guests: Ushpizin / Ushpizot

Tags: Rabbi Geela Rayzel Raphael

The Tradition of the Empty Chair

Some designate an empty chair to which they metaphorically invite battered women. [more]

Found In: Welcoming Guests: Ushpizin / Ushpizot

Sukkah Prayer for Abused Women

The organization urges affixing a purple ribbon to the sukkah and reciting this prayer for those who have experienced abuse or who do not enjoy peace and safety in their own homes. [more]

Found In: Healing from Trauma & Abuse, Sukkot

We Parade Around The Shul: A Prayer for Simkhat Torah

Celebrating the Torah while keeping our loved ones memories as blessings [more]

Found In: Month of Elul, Simchat Torah

Tags: torah

Feminine Stanzas for the Prayer for Rain

Based on a translation of traditional stanzas by David de Sola Pool [more]

Found In: Shemini Atzeret

Tags: tefillat hageshem