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Welcoming & Raising Children

Close-up of adult hands with rings holding a childs hand, symbolizing family and unity.

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.

Latest Rituals

Audio/video shiviti meditation chant

Full moon against a dark, star-filled night sky.

Baby naming with sensitivity to father’s gender identity

Close-up of a baby holding an adults finger, conveying a sense of connection and tenderness.

A meditation for those who do not read Hebrew but wish to learn Torah

the words of the shema

Baby girl naming ceremony with mystical background

Woman joyfully lifts a smiling baby in nature, with sunlight streaming through trees in the background.

“Motherhood / Finds us…”

mother looking into childs eyes

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Curating original, Jewish rituals, and convening Jewish creatives

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