Milestone Birthdays

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Birthday cake and presents are fun, but ritual adds meaning and depth to milestone birthday celebrations as we express gratitude and blessings for another year lived.

Latest Rituals

A poem on counting the years with your grandchildren.
“We all have a name / given by the mountains we climb”

“Whatever makes you weep / may it open your eyes”

Source sheet pairing verses from Eicha with voices of immigrant parents separated from their children

A poem acknowledging we each have divine gifts.

“I would like to bless us … To go naturally, and simply, and glowing on the face of the earth”

An article about the meaning of birthdays in Jewish tradition and how to make birthdays more meaningful, Jewishly

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