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Parenting Day-to-Day

Being a parent provides endless opportunities for gratitude. We are privileged to witness life unfolding. We have opportunities to see the extraordinary in the ordinary each and every day. Even when it is messy, tedious or frustrating, parenting hasthe power toconnects us with something larger than ourselves.

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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]

Found In: Breastfeeding & Weaning, Parenting Day-to-Day

Tags: havdalah, shehekheyanu , weaning

A Weaning Ceremony – for a girl or boy

By Ilana Goldhaber-Gordon | Complete Ceremony

A ceremony marked by sweet scents [more]

Found In: Breastfeeding & Weaning, Parenting Day-to-Day

Tags: weaning

On Children

Lyrics by Khalil Gibran, Music by Ysaye M. Barnwell | Song

Lyrics adapted from the poem "On Children" by Kahlil Gibran author of The Prophet [more]

Found In: Welcoming & Raising Children, Parenting Day-to-Day

Bedtime

By Rabbi Rona Shapiro | Article

Jewish bedtime rituals and lullabies [more]

Found In: Daily Prayer & Mindfulness, Parenting Day-to-Day

Tags: bedtime, Rabbi Rona Shapiro, shema

Lullaby/The Angels' Blessing

By Debbie Friedman, z"l | Song

A beautiful lullaby based on the traditional bedtime prayer which features the angels surrounding the sleeping child [more]

Found In: Daily Prayer & Mindfulness, Parenting Day-to-Day

Tags: bedtime, Debbie Friedman

Nighttime Prayer: A child's evening prayer

Music and English lyrics by Juliet I. Spitzer from a translation by Judy and John Spitzer | Song

A traditional Hungarian-Jewish prayer translated and set to music [more]

Found In: Daily Prayer & Mindfulness, Parenting Day-to-Day

Tags: bedtime, Juliet Spitzer

Mealtime

By Rabbi Rona Shapiro | Article

Rituals to make mealtime into meaningful family time [more]

Found In: Blessings for Food, Parenting Day-to-Day

Tags: Rabbi Rona Shapiro

Teaching Our Children Tzedakah

By Rabbi David A. Teutsch | Article

Strategies for passing on tzedakah practices to the next generation [more]

Found In: Pursuing Justice, Friday Evening, Parenting Day-to-Day

Tags: Rabbi David A. Teutsch, tzedakah

Blessing Loved Ones

By Ellen Dannin | Prayer

Blessing for loved ones (partner, children, guest, etc...) on Shabbat or any occassion. [more]

Found In: Bar / Bat Mitzvah, Covenant & Naming Rituals, Friday Evening, Daily Prayer & Mindfulness, Parenting Day-to-Day

Tags: at the shabbat table