Birthday cake and presents are fun, but ritual adds meaning and depth to milestone birthday celebrations as we express gratitude and blessings for another year lived.
Source sheet pairing verses from Eicha with voices of immigrant parents separated from their children
“I would like to bless us … To go naturally, and simply, and glowing on the face of the earth”
An article about the meaning of birthdays in Jewish tradition and how to make birthdays more meaningful, Jewishly
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