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In this video, learn the blessings for lighting the Hanukkah menorah

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Invoking the prophetess Devorah and symbolically wrapping tzitzit to welcome a baby girl

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A ritual to mark gender transition and celebrate freedom

People dancing energetically in a circle while a seated crowd claps and plays music in a wood-paneled room.

For name or pronoun changes, coming out to loved ones, or moments of physical transition

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Recalls the concept of the Sheva Berakhot used in a wedding ceremony

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A welcoming ceremony for twins

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Proposed service that includes new text, ritual objects, and a central role for the purifying blood of the mother

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To recite when the baby is born or at the ceremony

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Mikveh for a couple before wedding

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Although Judaism offers myriad blessings for every event, there has traditionally been no way to mark one’s first sexual experience. The author discusses the need for such a blessing and offers a possibility.

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