The midrash of Miriam's well "is a rabbinic legend that tells of a miraculous well that accompanied the Israelites during their 40 years in the desert at the Exodus from Egypt".

[8] Miriam's cup originated in the 1980s in a Boston Rosh Chodesh group; it was invented by Stephanie Loo, who filled it with mayim hayim (living waters) and used it in a feminist ceremony of guided meditation.

[9] Ritualwell includes information on traditional Jewish rituals such as attending the mikvah, Counting the Omer, and marrying.

Current Ritualwell editor Rabbi Roni Handler explains "Even if they do not have a regular spiritual practice, couples view their wedding as a microcosm of the home they are creating together... [they] aren't looking at marriage as a business transaction as it was once understood...

[15] The site offers newly created rituals to mark various points in contemporary life such as a child beginning kindergarten, getting a driver's license or leaving for college.

Other new rituals include retiring from work, suffering a miscarriage, surviving cancer, and the separation of a marriage.

[6]Lori Lefkovitz and Eve Landau launched Ritualwell in 2001 with the purpose of making "contemporary feminist Jewish liturgy and rituals broadly accessible.

[36][37] In 2005 Lefkovitz and Shapiro published a scholarly article in Nashim discussing the creation of Ritualwell and the difficulty of creating a site that was feminist while still being accessible to a broad spectrum of Jews (from unaffiliated to Orthodox).

Issues they struggled with included:[7] In 2005 RRC became the sole publisher of Ritualwell and launched a redesigned website.