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Blessings for a New Home

Complete Ceremony

A brief ritual to perform with a group of friends before hanging mezuzot in a new home. [more]

Found In: Endings & Beginnings

Tags: mezuzah, shehekheyanu

A Chanukat Bayit — Housewarming

By Rabbi Rona Shapiro and David Franklin | Complete Ceremony

A housewarming ceremony to be performed with friends and family on a Saturday night at the conclusion of Shabbat [more]

Found In: Endings & Beginnings

Tags: mezuzah, Rabbi Rona Shapiro, shehekheyanu

Blessings: Hatov V'hameitiv and Shehecheyanu

From the Itim Institute | Ritual Component

To recite when the baby is born or at the ceremony [more]

Found In: Covenant & Naming Rituals

Tags: shehekheyanu

We Immerse in the Waters of Eden

By Rabbi Leila Gal Berner | Complete Ceremony

Mikveh for a couple before wedding [more]

Found In: Weddings & Commitment Ceremonies, Mikveh for Monthly Use: Niddah

Tags: mikveh, shehekheyanu

A Blessing for a First Sexual Experience

By Rabbi Rona Shapiro | Article

Although Judaism offers myriad blessings for every event, there has traditionally been no way to mark one's first sexual experience. The author discusses the need for such a blessing and offers a possibility. [more]

Found In: Honoring Relationship Milestones

Tags: sex, shehekheyanu

A Sanctification

By Rabbi James I. Greene | Complete Ceremony

A ritual written by a groom which can be adopted by any couple [more]

Found In: Honoring Relationship Milestones

Tags: kiddush, sex, shehekheyanu

Two-part Ceremony for a Son or Daughter Leaving for College

By Paula Pepperstone | Complete Ceremony

A ritual for parents and children involving a havdalah service before leaving for college and the hanging of a mezuzah upon arrival [more]

Found In: Leaving Home

Tags: college, havdalah, mezuzah, shehekheyanu

Enter: A Woman

By Phyllis Berman | Complete Ceremony

A moonlit ceremony on the shores of a brook. Celebrates the entrance of a daughter into womanhood. Includes songs, book-giving, adapted tashlich ritual, and blessings. [more]

Found In: First Menstruation

Tags: kiddush, shehekheyanu , tashlikh

Tooth-Losing Ceremony

By Shai Cherry Ph.D | Complete Ceremony

To be recited with your child at the moment of tooth loss [more]

Found In: Childhood Milestones

Tags: shehekheyanu , tzedakah

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