Preserve the memory of your loved one with a plaque on our Yahrzeit(Yiddish) The anniversary of a death, usually marked by the lighting of a 24-hour yahrzeit candle and the recitation of Kaddish, the memorial prayer. For U.S. Jews, the unveiling of the headstone usually takes place on or around the first yahrzeit. Wall. Learn More ->
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 getA writ of divorce. Traditionally, only a man can grant his wife a get. Liberal Jews have amended this tradition, making divorce more egalitarian. 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.
Baby Naming ceremony for home
“Blessings of the breasts and the womb. / So that you may nurse, and be satisfied”
Welcoming ceremony for a baby girl inspired by priestesses
A weaning ritual to allow child to transition to next phase of independence
Learn the shehekhyanu prayer in American Sign Language, along with the Debbie Friedman melody
Learn the shehekheyanu prayer in American Sign Language
A poem for Rosh Hashanah and beginning of the school year on sending one’s child to school
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