Breastfeeding & Weaning

When we nurse our babies, we have the satisfaction of providing nourishment from our own bodies. This can feed our souls as much as it feeds our babies’ hunger. Weaning means physical separation, a first step towards launching our children—with all the joy and sadness that entails.
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Encountering the Divine Presence

By Laura Geller | Article

The author realizes that in a religion imbued with the idea of making ordinary moments sacred through blessing, there was no blessing for the moment of her first period. She explores how that moment would have been different had it been blessed. [more]

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A Weaning Ceremony

Anonymous | Complete Ceremony

A ceremony to celebrate the weaning of a child [more]

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A Weaning Ceremony for Joshua Ruben and Eli Nathaniel and for Me

By Deborah Burg-Schnirman | Complete Ceremony

A beautiful weaning ceremony celebrated at Havdalah for twins and their mom [more]

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A Weaning Ceremony – for a girl or boy

By Ilana Goldhaber-Gordon | Complete Ceremony

A ceremony marked by sweet scents [more]

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Prayer for Nursing

By Elisheva S. Urbas | Prayer

A prayer for a mother to say before nursing her child [more]

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Prayer for Nursing for the First Time

By Dr. Giuseppe Cohen, translated by Rabbi Nina Beth Cardin | Prayer

From an Italian collection of 18th century prayers for married women written by Dr. Giuseppe Cohen and presented to his bride as a wedding gift. [more]