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A slightly longer version of the traditional blessing for welcoming a baby at a babynaming ceremony

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A variety of selections from scripture

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Traditional liturgical poem (piyut) for welcoming the baby, also known as “Donash ben Labrat” in Ladino

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Traditional liturgical poem (piyut) for welcoming a baby

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Phrases from the Bible are used to form an acrostic of the child’s name – a tradition in ceremony and prayer – in this welcoming ceremony for an adopted son who has not yet undergone conversion.

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The biblical foundation of the centuries-old Sephardic tradition for welcoming a newborn girl
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Frameworks for the style of a welcoming and naming ritual

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Bringing the status and symbolism of covenant to the ceremony for welcoming and naming a daughter

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A lively song that welcomes each ancestral guest to the sukkah by name

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A prayer to be said immediately following the birth of a child

A babys hand gently holding an adults finger on a soft white background.

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