Adelman, Penina. Miriam's Well: Rituals for Jewish Women Around the Year. Biblio Press, 1986.
A year-long guide to celebrating Rosh Chodesh (the new moon) in a women’s group with a new ceremony for each month. Includes many new rituals for women’s lifecycle passages, including healing, miscarriage and menopause.
Bohm, Lenore. Rosh Chodesh Guide: Resources for Sisterhood Study and Celebration. Women of Reform Judaism, The Federation of Temple Sisterhoods, 1997.
Solomon, Judith Y. The Rosh Chodesh Table: Foods at the New Moon–Jewish Women's Monthly Festivals. Biblio Press, 1995.
Diament, Carol, Ed. Moonbeams: A Hadassah Rosh Hodesh Guide. Jewish Lights Publishing, 2000.
Produced to be used for Hadassah chapters, any group of women can use this 9-month curriculum to focus on a fascinating array of topics throughout the Jewish year (e.g. men’s ritual garb, Jewish self-hatred, medical ethics, women and Israeli law). Each section has a personal essay, a range of text excerpts, and suggested questions and activities.
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