Becoming a Jewish Adult

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The path to adulthood is full of twists and turns. From celebrating a bar/bat mitzvah to leaving home for the first time, this is a journey fraught with new freedom, new responsibilities, and an abundance of complex emotions. We offer blessings, prayers, and rituals that help parents and children use a Jewish vocabulary to describe this journey—and to experience it as richly as possible.

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A range of ideas to help a mother create a ritual for her child’s first period
A reading for passing the Torah through intergenerational family members.
Our family, so shattered, so seemingly broken, was given new life today.
“Today you stand before us and make us proud…”
A beautiful wedding day prayer from parent to child.
An interpretive version of the Threefold Benediction.
This ritual is designed for an adult B’nei Mitzvah cohort in advance of their service.
“I, my child, / will never tire / of bringing you / morning worm…”
“Today, as I affix mezuzot, as I say the shehekhayanu, / As I step into a new chapter of my life, / I take this moment to acknowledge / That my life is about to change.”
“I’m proud of you, my child, for the courage to step away from family and  familiarity / For venturing out to meet new people, try new things, discover a new You.”

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