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.
A blessing for a baby girl
Using a set of values to write your own blessings for a new baby
“becoming a parent is a significant lifecycle event and merits its own ritual”
“I created this prayer when I was a member of a very small synagogue with just a few children”
“May you never feel alone for you will always have each other”
“With you, we see a future we can only begin to imagine”
“Let imagination flow through these portals”
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