Topic Tags: name change

“We all have a name / given by the mountains we climb”

A ritual for receiving a new Hebrew name after gender transition

A beit din ritual for gender transition

I smashed my father’s statues and stood alone in the fragmenting dark

Traditional blessings for mikveh immersion

What is a Mikveh? An introduction to Jewish ritual bath.

Name changes can be both liberating and intimidating. Taking a brief moment to recognize the holiness of the act, and to affirm the dignity of the recipient of the new name, can be transformative.