Shefa Dreams: Jewish Moments

 

Holidays

 

Jewish Holiday Pamphlets (USCJ)

Koach Program Bank

 

Shabbat

Shefa Shabbat Resource Page

Why Shabbat?

Blessing Children on Shabbat or Holidays

 

Jewish Holidays

Shefa Elul Page

 

Rosh Hashanah: White Robes and Infinity
Yom Kippur
: On Forgiveness

A Prayer for Yom Kippur Mincha Torah Reading

An Intention for Reading Leviticus 18

 

Sukkot: Beyond the Sensory Feast

 

Hanukkah Home Service

 

A Mystical Interpretation of Tu biShevat

 

Purim: Mahn-O-Mahn

Purim: Who Was Esther Really?

Purim: How to Treat Amalek

The Poem of Queen Esther

 

The Shefa Pesach Page

Passover:  Excessive Freedom

Passover:  Post-Seder Questions

Passover: Symbols of Pesach

 

Yom HaSho'ah: Strange Fire

 

The Shefa Shavuot Blog

 

The Shefa Tisha Be'av Archive

Teshuvah: Fasting on Tisha BeAv (Hebrew -- English)

Tisha B'Av: Alone-ness

Tisha B'Av:  Sadness & Song

 

"Secular" Holidays

A Shefa 9/11 Choveret

Rabbi Gary S. Creditor: Observing 9/11 on 9/12

A Jewish 9/11 Archive from Rabbi Menachem Creditor:

                     ● A Prayer for 9-11

                     ● The Akeidah Post 9/11

                     ● Yizkor Yom Kippur 2001

                     ● A Reflection

 

Thanksgiving:

The Dust of Humanity

An Al HaNisim for Thanksgiving

 

 

Lifecycles

 

Sections below:

Individuals              Couples                 Babies

Bar/Bat Mitzvah    Parents/Grandparents

Healing/Illness      Death/Mourning

 

For Individuals

Your Jewish Journey

Hazak (55+)

The Shefa Mikvah Page

Jewish Domestic Violence: A Response

 

Also see:

   The MyJewishLearning.com "Conversion" Page

   The "Conversion" Resource page from RitualWell.org

 

For Couples

Pre-marital exercise

Planning a Wedding

Sample GLBTQ Marriage/Partnering Rituals

A Kosher Wedding

 

Also see:

   The MyJewishLearning.com Marriage Page

   The LGBT Resource library from Jewish Mosaic

   Jewish Weddings/Partnering Cermonies from Ritualwell.org

 

 

For Babies

Naming a Baby

Circumcision: Wholeness and Sacrifice

 

Also see:

   MyJewishLearning.com "Ceremonies for Newborns" page
   The "Babies & Children" page on RitualWell.org

 

Bar/Bat Mitzvah

You’re Invited to a Bar/Bat Mitzvah

The B'nei Mitzvah Covenant

 

Also see:

   MyJewishLearning.com "Bar/Bat Mitzvah" page
   The "Adolescence" page on RitualWell.org

 

For Parents & Grandparents

Shefa Jewish Parenting Page

Jewish Adoption

Blessing Children on Shabbat or Holidays

Raising Jewish Children

What Parents Owe Their Children

A College Graduation Ritual (Koach)
Jewish Grandparenting
 

Healing and Ilness

Visiting the Sick

Bikkur Cholim Handbook: "Give me your hand"

 

Death and Mourning

Preparing the Dead for Life's Final Passage

Death and Mourning Customs

A Guide for the Bereaved and the Comforters

Meal of Consolation

 

Also See

   The MyJewishLearning.com "Death and Mourning" Page

   Resources for "Death and Mourning" from Ritualwell.org

 

 

 


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