Gift of a Daughter: Zeved Habat
Draws on traditional Sephardic Zeved Habat ceremony and adds new rituals, including Miriam’s chair and modern poetry
Simkhat Banot
A welcoming ceremony for twins
Gifts for our Daughter
Ideas for ritual gifts to bestow upon an infant girl and words with which to present them
A Prayer for a Special Candle Lighting
“There is a new light in our hearts and in our home…”
The Simkhat Bat of Elana Shira
A ceremony for welcoming a baby girl into the covenant
Simkhat Brit
Proposed service that includes new text, ritual objects, and a central role for the purifying blood of the mother
A Mother Talks About Her Daughter’s Babynaming
A rabbi discusses her desire to incorporate the notion of covenant into her daughter’s babynaming
Celebrating Your New Jewish Baby
A brief guide to babynaming history and how-to
Gifts of the Mothers: A Meditation for Healing
A guided meditation for illness, pain, stress, or grief which calls upon imaginings of the foremothers
Healing Well
A healing prayer to be said when immersing in the mikveh
