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Ceremony of Gender Affirmation and Name Change, by Lilah Rosenfield

Contributor(s): Lilah Rosenfield
Shared on 2019-03-31 – 25 Adar II 5779.
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A public ceremony for celebrating the Gender Affirmation and Name Change of a man, woman, or non-binary person. . . .

תפילה להפך – מאבן בֹחן | Prayer for Transformation, from the poem Even Boḥan (“Touchstone”) by Rabbi Qalonymus ben Qalonymus ben Meir (1322 C.E.)

Contributor(s): Aharon N. Varady (transcription), Kalonymus ben Kalonymus ben Meir, Steven Greenberg, Nir Krakauer (translation) and Isaac Gantwerk Mayer
Shared on 2018-10-11 – 2 Heshvan 5779.
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This prayer of רבי קלונימוס בן קלונימוס Kalonymus ben Kalonymus that appears in his ספר אבן בוחן, יג Even Boḥan (§13), was first published in English translation by Rabbi Steven Greenberg in Wrestling with Gods and Men: Homosexuality in the Jewish Tradition (University of Wisconsin Press 2004) p.118-120, and online at Eshel to commemorate the International Transgender Day of Rememberance (on November 20). . . .

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Ceremony of Gender Affirmation and Name Change, by Lilah Rosenfield

תפילה להפך – מאבן בֹחן | Prayer for Transformation, from the poem Even Boḥan (“Touchstone”) by Rabbi Qalonymus ben Qalonymus ben Meir (1322 C.E.)