Type: Prayer

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A father’s prayer read at the Shabbat table prior to his son’s departure for college

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Various congregrations in Israel recite this prayer in synagogue for a bat mitzvah. It is adapted from the standard Siddur Rinat Yisrael.

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A traditional bat mitzvah prayer from the community of Florence, Italy

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A mother’s prayer, written for her son’s bar mitzvah

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A mother’s prayer on the occasion of her daughter becoming Bat Mitzvah

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A prayer to be said when a parent feels tried by the job of parenting

Child in a red coat holds an adults hand while walking on a sunlit street.

I wrote this blessing for when my daughter plays sports on Shabbat instead of going to shul, though parents may say it on any day of the week

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Turning the mundane into the profound
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A prayer announcing the new month and invoking blessings

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