We greet each child with affection and joy. Every baby comes to us full of promise and potential. As parents, we are privileged to welcome them into our families, our communities, and the embrace of the Jewish people. Raising children to adulthood, we encounter many milestones along the way. Children are weaned, lose their teeth, and start school. Some get their driver’s licenses and eventually leave home for good. Here are rituals for welcoming children and for celebrating the milestones on their paths to adulthood.
Proposed service that includes new text, ritual objects, and a central role for the purifying blood of the mother
A rabbi discusses her desire to incorporate the notion of covenant into her daughter’s babynaming
A brief guide to babynaming history and how-to
This blessing is traditionally used every Friday evening by parents when blessing their children.
Traditionally, a cypress tree was planted when a daughter was born and a cedar for a son. Their branches were woven together to make the wedding canopy.
To recite when the baby is born or at the ceremony
Three categories of verses commonly recited at a naming ceremony
The traditional priestly blessing for a congregation, directed to the newborn
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