Educational resources to guide us in ritual and meaning after two heart-wrenching years
Marking This Moment
“Marking This Moment” is a collection of educational resources created to honor this historic turning point — as hostages return home, as we remember those lost, and as we begin to look toward the future.
Visualize the Contradictions:
A Time for Everything
Create a mobile to articulate and deal with the feelings that may be swirling in this moment
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Tell the Story:
Bookmarks of Time
Mark this historical moment — framed by two Simchat Torahs — through storytelling
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Bless this Moment:
For Blessing and Not For Curse
An activity focusing on the Prayer for Rain, which we say on Shmini Atzeret
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Break a Glass:
Walking on Broken Glass
Drawn from one of our oldest traditions — the breaking of a glass at a wedding
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Tashlich – Let it Go:
What to do with all the things?
Gather your yellow ribbons, bracelets, notes, tape, and come together to decide what we hold onto, and what we must release
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