Tag: jewish ritual

A New Set of Rituals for Abortion and Pregnancy Loss

Naima Hirsch Gelman

If rituals give us context to mark transitions and liturgy gives us the language to describe them, there is a whole set of transitions and experiences historically ignored within Jewish tradition. 

What Tahara Can Teach Us

Alana Krivo-Kaufman

During a Tahara, the Jewish ritual for sanctifying a body after death, we wash the body in a continuous stream of water, we engage in spacious silence, and we recite words which affirm the inherent goodness of every soul, every life an entire world.

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