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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A welcoming and naming ceremony for a new baby

A mother’s prayer for her child

Welcoming a child into a new family

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

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

A blessing for a premature baby

However you find yourself becoming a parent and raising a child you might get a few questions about what makes a Jewish child Jewish

A blessing of strength and resilience for a premature baby

A ritual to acknowledge the transitional moment of transferring a child from a custodial parent to another parent
 

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