Traditional Blessing for Entering a Girl Baby into the Covenant

newborn baby with dark hair

בָּרוּךְ אַתָּה אֲדֹנָי אֱלֹהֵינוּ מֶלֶךְ הָעוֹלָם אֲשֶׁר קִדְּשָׁנוּ בְּמִצְוֹתָיו וְצִוָּנוּ לְהַכְנִיסָהּ בִּבְרִיתוֹ שֶׁל עַם יִשְׂרָאֵל

בְּרוּכָה אַתְּ יָהּ אֱלֹהֵינוּ רוּחַ הָעוֹלָם אֲשֶׁר קִדְשָׁתְנוּ בְּמִצּוֹתֶיהָ וְצִוַּתְנוּ לְהַכְנִיסָהּ בִּבְרִיתָהּ שֶׁל עַם יִשְׂרָאֵל

Masculine God Language: Barukh atah adonat eloheynu melekh ha’olam asher kidshanu b’mitzvotav ve’tzivanu l’hakhniso bivrito shel am yisrael.

Feminine God Language: B’rukhah at ya eloheynu ruakh ha’olam asher kid’shatnu b’mitzvoteha v’tzivatnu l’hakhnisah bivrito shel am yisrael.

Blessed are you, Adonai our God, Sovereign of the Universe, who sanctified us with your commandments and commanded us to bring our daughter into the covenant of Israel.

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