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Aurora Mendelsohn shares her adaptation of Hamapil, the blessing recited just before sleep with the recitation of the Sh’ma. This is a prayer for parents to say for safe sleep for their newborn children. It is based almost entirely on the longer form of the traditional prayers before sleep. Because of gender there are . . . → Read More: הַמַּפִּיל | A Parent’s Prayer for the Safe Sleep of their Newborn Child by Aurora Mendelsohn Many thanks to Dr. Devora Steinmetz and Rabbi David Silber for sharing the Simḥat Bat ceremony they prepared for their oldest daughter in 1987. From the Simhat Bat explanatory notes: We name our daughters on their fifteenth day of life. This is based on Vayiqra 12:1-5, which describes the length of a woman’s period of . . . → Read More: Simḥat Bat (by Dr. Devora Steinmetz and Rabbi David Silber, 1987) R’ Elie Kaunfer and Lisa Exler kindly shared the Simḥat Bat ceremony they prepared for their daughter this past Monday, May 31st, at Fort Tryon Jewish Center. This Simḥat Bat is really distinguished by Rabbi Kaunfer’s innovation in using milk in the context of a covenant ceremony. From the explanatory notes: In place of the . . . → Read More: Simḥat Bat (by Rabbi Elie Kaunfer and Lisa Exler, 2010) |
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