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ITIM - The Jewish Life Information Center
Synopsis: ITIM, the Israel-based Jewish Life Information Center, is an independent, non-profit organization, dedicated to making Jewish life accessible to all. Their website presents various customs and contains suggestions and ideas for a Simhat Bat ceremony, including texts to use. On this site you can find an outline for how to structure a ceremony.
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De Sola Pool, Rabbi Dr. David
The Zeved Habat Ceremony According to the Spanish and Portuguese Custom in Birth, The Orthodox Jewish Woman and Ritual: Options and Opportunities, compiled by De Sola Pool, Rabbi Dr. David , pg. 5.
Synopsis: This prayer is a blessing for daughters that is appropriate to be recited at a Simchat Bat.
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Kaplan, Joseph
"An Orthodox Simchat Bat," Kaplan, Joseph. Sh'ma, March 1975.
Synopsis: In this article, the process of a simchat bat is presented.
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Lebowitz, Aryeh
"Choosing a Name for a Child," Lebowitz, Aryeh. Journal of Halacha and Contemporary Society, XLVII, 2004, 33-59.
Synopsis: This article details the different laws and customs that guide the choice of a child’s name.
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Ritualwell - the source for innovative contemporary Jewish Ritual
Synopsis: Ritualwell.org's "babynaming" section provides many sample naming ceremonies. It also explains customs and offers an outline for creating a ceremony. Not all of the sample ceremonies are from an Orthodox perspective, but they are labeled accordingly.
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Goldberg, Dr. Idana
"A Ritual of Her Own: Creating Inclusive Life Cycle Ceremonies," Goldberg, Dr. Idana. JOFA / MERCAZ: Beth Tfiloh Baltimore Regional Conference. 2004.
Synopsis: Religious rituals frame and memorialize life and communal experiences. Is there a place for women's voices in traditional life cycle events? How do we create new rituals to celebrate our daughters as well as our sons? This session will analyze the importance of gender inclusiveness in our life cycle rituals and discuss ways to incorporate women in these celebrations.
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Kalb, David
"For Sharing Life-Cycle Events: Inclusive Ceremonies and Roles for Women," Kalb, David. JOFA 5th International Conference.
Synopsis: Can there be an equivalent pidyon haben ceremony for first-born girls? Is there a place for a women's voices in traditional life cycle events? Learn about potential roles women can play in life cycle events such as simhat bat, brit milah, bat/bar mitzvah, auf-ruf, weddings, funerals and more. This session examines relevant texts and discusses ways to incorporate some of these new practices into synagogue services and everyday living.
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Cohen Nussbaum, Debra and Sandy Eisenberg Sasso
Celebrating Your New Jewish Daughter: Creating Jewish Ways to Welcome Baby Girls into the Covenant. Cohen Nussbaum, Debra and Sandy Eisenberg Sasso. Jewish Lights, 2001.
Synopsis: To guide parents, grandparents, rabbis and cantors, Cohen has compiled an array of prayers, readings, blessings, songs and rituals that concretize a baby girls entry into the community. Hebrew texts are accompanied by translations and transliterations. Complete sample ceremonies include Sephardic, Orthodox, humanist and a "modern mikveh ceremony" in which the child is immersed in a vessel representing the traditional ritual bath.
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Cohen, Shaye J.D.
Why Aren't Jewish Women Circumcised? Gender and Covenant in Judaism. Cohen, Shaye J.D.. University of California Press, 2005.
Synopsis: Professor Cohen addresses the question in the title of the book to explore gender and Jewish identity in Jewish thought. The book presents a canonical history of Jewish circumcision and by presenting a wide range of Jewish texts, discusses four different approaches to women's relationship to the covenant.
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Diamant, Anita
The New Jewish Baby Book: Names, Ceremonies & Coustoms - A Guide for Today's Families. Diamant, Anita. Jewish Lights, 1994.
Synopsis: This book is a complete guide to the customs and rituals for welcoming a new child to the world and into the Jewish community, and for commemorating the joyous event in family life-whatever your family constellation.
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Birth, The Orthodox Jewish Woman and Ritual: Options and Opportunities. JOFA. JOFA, 2000.
Synopsis: A collection of articles, essays, and prayers surrounding the opportunities for women to take an active role in welcoming a new child.
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Lavie, Aliza, ed.
A Jewish Woman's Prayer Book. Lavie, Aliza, ed.. Spiegel and Grau, 110-129, 2008.
Synopsis: A Jewish Woman's Prayer Book, originally published in Hebrew, is a collection of prayers written by and/or for Jewish women from a diverse range of historical and cultural backgrounds. The collection includes prayers for life-cycle events, times of crisis, women's mitzvot, holidays, the Sabbath, festivals, and more. Hebrew texts are included. The indicated pages contain prayers for a new daughter.
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Millen, Rochelle
Women, Birth, and Death in Jewish Law and Practice. Millen, Rochelle. Brandeis University Press, 2004.
Synopsis: Professor Rochelle Millen’s book explores how Jewish tradition perceives and treats rituals surrounding birth and death, particularly as they pertain to women’s development. Part I includes a chapter on celebrating the birth of a daughter (the ritual of Simhat bat).
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Siegel, Rachel Josefowitz
Celebrating the Lives of Jewish Women: Patterns in a Feminist Sampler. Siegel, Rachel Josefowitz . Haworth Press, 1997.
Synopsis: Jewish women of all ages and backgrounds come together in Celebrating the Lives of Jewish Women to explore and rejoice in their heritage. The chapter in this book that is relevant to the Simhat Bat is chapter 2: "Bris, Britah: Parents' First Lessons in Balancing Gender, Culture, Tradition, and Religion".
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