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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

Shehekheyanu Prayer in ASL and Hebrew

Learn the shehekheyanu prayer in American Sign Language

  • by Ritualwell
shehekheyanu
Two people standing indoors. One is signing in ASL, while the other looks at the camera. Abstract art in the background.

Blessed With Choice

A poem for Rosh Hashanah and beginning of the school year on sending one’s child to school

  • by Tamar Stern
A child crouches on a wooden log, touching the surface of a calm lake with stones visible underwater.

Prayer Upon the Beginning of a Child’s Torah Learning

Teaching a child Torah for the first time

  • by Rabbi Rami Shapiro
text study, torah
Adult and child holding hands, walking on a sunlit street. The child wears a red coat and a beanie.

Pidyon: A Ceremony of Redemption

Ceremony of redemption of the first-born child

  • by Rabbi Rami Shapiro
welcoming
newborn baby with dark hair

Naming: A Ceremony of Welcome

A welcoming and naming ceremony for a new baby

  • by Rabbi Rami Shapiro
naming, welcoming
A couple lovingly gazes at a newborn baby lying on a bed, wrapped in a white blanket.

A Mother’s Prayer

A mother’s prayer for her child

  • by Rabbi Rami Shapiro
mother and baby

Blessed Is She

Original song based on Pslams for a baby girl blessing, bat mitzvah, or wedding

  • by Alexander Massey
LGBTIQ, same-sex wedding, wedding program
A person with a backpack stands on river rocks, surrounded by a lush forest.

Ode to Kosher-for-Passover Pudding

A poem on tending to a sick a baby at the hospital during Passover

  • by Rabbi Annie Lewis
seder, sick child
metal spoon

Blessing for a Premature Baby

A blessing for a premature baby

  • by Rabbi Elliot Kukla
premature
newborn baby wrapped in blue blanket

What is a Mikveh? An Introduction to the Jewish Ritual Bath

What is a Mikveh? An introduction to Jewish ritual bath.

  • by BimBam (formerly G-dcast)
abortion, adoption, anniversary, breastfeeding, cancer, conception, covenant, engagement, get, gomel, loss of a child, miscarriage, name change, sex, stillbirth
Illustration of a mikvah pool with tiled walls and stairs leading into the water. Text reads The Mikvah.
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