A mutual bedecken ceremony in which the groom and bride adorn one another with kippot and flowers
Capturing the Tree of Life pattern by creating a placenta print
Selecting verses from Psalms on the basis of the Hebrew name of the deceased
A tradition honoring a Torah reader at a funeral
Recalls the concept of the Sheva Berakhot used in a wedding ceremony
Excerpt from an original babynaming ceremony in which the baby is welcomed into the covenant by perfuming her ears with myrtle
Lighting a candle, symbolic of the new soul born into the world. Can also be used like a yahrzeit candle to recall the departed soul for whom the baby is named. Also a covenantal symbol.
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