LIFECYCLE RITUALS

This page will hold links to lifecycle ritual materials authored by OHALAH members which relate to: birth/baby-naming, menstruation, becoming bar/bat mitzvah, turning eighteen, marriage, divorce, and death.

Birth/Baby-Naming

Coming soon.

Miscarriage

• Through [external link] - A short collection of miscarriage poems, available as a podcast, free download, or at-cost chapbook, by rabbinic student Rachel Barenblat.

Menstruation

• Vort/d'var on menstruation and Rosh Chodesh [pdf] by Rabbi Sue Morningstar.

Bar/Bat Mitzvah

• Mincha/maariv/havdalah siddur [pdf] by rabbinic student Rachel Barenblat.

• Make Your Own Bar/Bat Mitzvah: A Personal Approach to Creating a Meaningful Rite of Passage - A book by Rabbi Goldie Milgram; available at ReclaimingJudaism.org.

Turning Eighteen

• Chai Ceremony by Rabbi Julie Hilton Danaan.

Coming of Age

• Initiation onto the Path of Love by Rabbi Shefa Gold.

Marriage

Coming soon.

Alternative Divorce Rituals

• 'Gittin' the release you need by Rabbi Goldie Milgram.

• Renewal Ritual of Divorce by Rabbi Pamela Frydman Baugh

• A Ritual of Release by Rabbis Paula Marcus, Eli Cohen and Lori Klein, first published in Kerem, Creative Explorations in Judaism, Co-Edited by Rabbi Gilah Langner and Dr. Sara R. Horowitz. See www.kerem.org

• Ritual Possibilities Within Traditional Gittin in a Pluralistic Post Denominational Setting by Rabbi Leana Morritt

Death

Coming soon.