grandparents

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My Newborn Grandson’s First Seder
"This year we have someone new joining our Seder table"
Betty Pollack Shapiro
Tomorrow
"Your birthright renews every breath"
Steve Pollack
Sophie
Poem honoring a grandmother's story of survival
Frederick A. Levy
Come Home: A Rosh Hashanah Meditation
We are all together walking home, on the road of teshuva
Devon Spier
Blessing One's Parents
A blessing for one's parents
CLAL
Preparing for a Child
Blessings by Siblings or Grandparents
Optional blessings for a baby naming ceremony
A Grandparent's Welcome
Grandparents blessing for a baby naming
Michelle and Paul Kipnes
A Grandparent's Prayer
A blessing of gratitude
Ruth Heiges

My Newborn Grandson’s First Seder

By Betty Pollack Shapiro

"This year we have someone new joining our Seder table" more

Tags: grandparents, seder

Tomorrow

By Steve Pollack

"Your birthright renews every breath" more

Tags: hope, children, grandparents

Sophie

By Frederick A. Levy

Poem honoring a grandmother's story of survival more

Tags: grandparents

Come Home: A Rosh Hashanah Meditation

By Devon Spier

We are all together walking home, on the road of teshuva more

Tags: adoption, aging, dementia, grandparents, loss of a child, meditation

Blessing One's Parents

By CLAL

A blessing for one's parents more

Tags: Mother's Day, Father's Day, aging, at the shabbat table, birthdays, grandparents

Preparing for a Child

By Rabbi Jacob Staub, Ph.D.

The truth is that I didn’t lose control when I became a parent. I never had control. What I had was the illusion of control, the false conviction that my blessings were earned. more