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Fostering & Adoption

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There are many ways to bring children into a family, whether biologically or through fostering and adoption. When a child joins a family through adoption, the moment deserves to be celebrated and marked ritually. Sometimes an adoption does not work out or a foster child re-joins their birth family, a complex and painful experience for the foster family, and rituals can help us acknowledge these difficult times. Sometimes a prayer for becoming a parent through adoption is needed to prepare for this momentous transformation.

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“We have been waiting for you”
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“May God make you like our adopted ancestors”
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“We pray that those yearning to conceive, carry, foster or adopt will lead to a joyful outcome”

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“becoming a parent is a significant lifecycle event and merits its own ritual”

A woman holding and kissing a baby indoors on a couch.

“We wrote this ritual to mark the adoption of our son, who was weeks away from his 18th birthday at the time”

A family of three smiling together outdoors, with hills visible in the background.

A mother’s prayer for her child

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Welcoming a child into a new family

mother lifting baby in the air in a field

However you find yourself becoming a parent and raising a child you might get a few questions about what makes a Jewish child Jewish

questions about jewish adoption & surrogacy

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