A Hallel for Sukkot
Hoshanot after the end of a marriage

Lessons Of Divorce in a Cup of Wine

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...That was the first part of my divorce ritual that became clear to me: we would pour wine from a single cup into two, symbolizing that our portions in life are now separate. We no longer drink from the same cup. We no longer share life’s joys and sorrows. We do still share a child, and as co-parents to that child we will be connected for the rest of our lives, but each of us drinks now from a separate cup of grief or delight...

That's from my latest in The Wisdom Daily. Read the whole thing: Lessons Of Divorce in a Cup of Wine.

 

(If this is of interest to you, you might also enjoy the ritual I crafted for ending my marriage.)

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