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.
Three ceremonies for a boy’s brit milah, with readings and explanations. Includes options for circumcision at the ceremony or not.
Phrases from the Bible are used to form an acrostic of the child’s name – a tradition in ceremony and prayer – in this welcoming ceremony for an adopted son who has not yet undergone conversion.
A letter from a father to his son about his conflicted decision to circumcise him
An intermarried mother reflects on her son’s bris (circumcision)
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