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  • Seven Blessings | Ritual Component

    By Lori Lefkovitz and Lenny Gordon

    Recalls the concept of the Sheva Brachot which follow a wedding ceremony

  • Excerpted from Seder Brit Eloheha | Ritual Component

    By Rabbi Jeremy Schwartz

    Excerpt from an original babynaming ceremony in which the baby is welcomed into the covenant by perfuming her ears with myrtle.

  • Mikveh | Ritual Component

    Some families immerse the newborn in a small mikveh, symbolic of the covenant.

  • A Ner Nishamah | Ritual Component

    By Lori Lefkovitz and Lenny Gordon

    Lori Lefkovitz and Lenny Gordon suggest lighting a candle, symbolic of the new soul born into the world. Can also be used like a yahrzeit candle to recall the departed soul for whom the baby is named. Also a covenantal symbol.

  • Tallit | Ritual Component

    Some couples wrap the baby in a tallit, perhaps the one used as their chuppah, as a symbol of covenant. Others do so as a symbol of welcome.

  • Smelling Fragrant Spices | Ritual Component

    From the Itim Institute

    A symbolization of life, love, and renewal

  • Traditional Blessing for Entering the Baby into the Covenant | Prayer

    With Hebrew, a traditional blessing


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