Memorial Service
Appropriate for burial, cremation, or marking periods of mourning
A Prayer of Trust
A prayer to be said on carrying out the request of a dying parent to remove life support
A Ceremony for a Woman in a Coma Near Death
A creative vidui to be recited at the bedside of a person near death
On Seeing a Change for the Worse and Death Is Near
Blessing a dying person with a safe departure and a welcoming presence in the world to come
Gift of the Daughters
A ritual of gratitude for the life of a person who is dying
Seven Blessings
Recalls the concept of the Sheva Berakhot used in a wedding ceremony
Excerpted from Seder Brit Eloheha
Excerpt from an original babynaming ceremony in which the baby is welcomed into the covenant by perfuming her ears with myrtle
Mikveh
Tradition has it that when Abraham entered into the covenant with God through the ritual of circumcision, Sarah, his wife, entered the covenant through ritual immersion in a mikveh. (A […]
A Ner Nishamah
Lighting a candle, symbolic of the new soul born into the world. Can also be used like a yahrzeit candle to recall the departed soul for whom the baby is named. Also a covenantal symbol.
Tallit
Some couples wrap the baby in a tallit, perhaps the one used as their huppah, as a symbol of covenant or welcome
