Traditional Sephardic Mi Shebeirakh for Naming a Daughter
A traditional Sephardic blessing for a girl
Naming Formula: Mi Shebeirakh
From a traditional Zeved Habat, with slight modifications
From Our Foremothers
Modern prayer invoking the foremothers
Genesis 17:1-16
God makes a covenant with Abraham, commands Abraham to circumcise himself and his descendants, and changes Abraham and Sarah’s names
The Naming
Giving the first gift, the gift of a name
May the One Who Blessed Our Mothers
Modern prayer in Hebrew and English invoking the matriarchs
On Bringing a Child Home for the First Time
A joyous prayer for a child’s first home coming
On the Blessing of Children
A traditional Yiddish tekhine
Kiddush Over Wine
Blessing over wine, said at all joyous gatherings. Included are masculine and feminine blessings and a non-gendered blessing by liturgist Marcia Falk.
Symbolic Foods
Sephardic traditions imbuing food with meaning
