Welcoming & Raising Children

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.

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“We have been waiting for you”
“May God make you like our adopted ancestors”
“my body has been a source of sustenance and nourishment for my little one”
“How might we mark the moment of birth and coming into Jewish covenant without focusing on the gender and genitals of an infant?”
“May you claim your ancient power”
“We praise you, Shekhinah, / who has given us life”
“We all have a name / given by the mountains we climb”
Baby naming tradition matching Hebrew letters of child’s name to biblical verses
“May you grow to be a strong woman”

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