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Debbie Friedman

Going to the Doctor for Shots

This ritual is intended to help kids to have a focal point firmly grounded in their faith on the day of their visit to the doctor. [more]

Found In: Parenting Day-to-Day, Healing from Illness

Tags: Debbie Friedman, mi sheberakh, tzedakah

Simkhat Bat - A Welcoming Ceremony For a New Daughter

Invoking the prophetess Devorah and symbolically wrapping tzitzit to welcome a baby girl [more]

Found In: Covenant & Naming Rituals

Tags: covenant, Debbie Friedman, mi sheberakh, shehekheyanu , tzitzit, welcoming

Ritual for a Widow to Remove Her Wedding Ring

Ceremony with friends and officiant including song and a ritual handwashing [more]

Found In: Mourning & Bereavement

Tags: Debbie Friedman, handwashing, widow

Miriam Ha-N'viah

Song for Miriam that can be sung as a counterpoint to Elijah's song [more]

Found In: Parts of the Seder

Tags: Debbie Friedman, Miriam's cup

Miriam's Song

This song, celebrating Miriam's song at the sea, is great for the seder. Give everyone a tamborine! Music and lyrics by Debbie Friedman z"l, based on Exodus 15: 20-21 [more]

Found In: Torah Portion: Parashah, Preparing for Passover

Tags: B'shalach, Debbie Friedman, Miriam's cup

Simchat Chokhmah

The original Simchat Chokhmah from which all others have derived. Elements include the donning of a shroud, the taking of a new name, and the planting of a tree. [more]

Found In: Milestone Birthdays, Becoming an Elder

Tags: birthdays, Debbie Friedman, Marcia Falk, tree planting

Becoming a Crone

A Simchat Chochma (Joy of Wisdom Ceremony) for a 60th birthday. Elements include the donning of a shroud, making vows, and taking a new name. [more]

Found In: Milestone Birthdays, Becoming an Elder

Tags: Debbie Friedman

Simchat Chochmah V'hatchalah: A Celebration of Wisdom and New Beginnings

A ceremony for a 60th-birthday celebrating 60 as the inauguration of a new stage of life "that promised great adventure" [more]

Found In: Milestone Birthdays, Becoming an Elder

Tags: Debbie Friedman, Marge Piercy, mi sheberakh

Passage into the Flaming Fifties

A short and simple ceremony marking the occasion of a 50th birthday [more]

Found In: Milestone Birthdays

Tags: Debbie Friedman, kiddush, shehekheyanu

A Milestone Birthday Ritual of Renewal

A transition made sacred for herself and loved ones by the author [more]

Found In: Milestone Birthdays

Tags: Debbie Friedman, Marcia Falk, mikveh, Rabbi Dayle Friedman