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Babies: 9 - 12 Months
XP - Baby Naming Ceremonies (Jewish moms and others)
Has anyone had a baby naming ceremony for their daughters? If so,
could you tell me about it (rituals, prayers, # of guests, food, etc)?
We're starting to plan ours. Thanks!
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Re: XP - Baby Naming Ceremonies (Jewish moms and others)
Yes- we did DD's when she was 6 weeks old. We invited a looot of people (I think naming ceremonies are different than Baptisms in this way) and had about 100 guests at both a ceremony and a reception afterword where we served, what I like to affectionately call, "Jew brunch food" (bagels, lox, cream cheese, tuna, egg salad, kugel, breads, and desserts). There ceremony was lovely; my parents walked DD down the aisle to the bima and FIL/MIL lit candles. We had my brother, SIL and grandmother do readings. The Rabbi gave us a choice on how to to bring DD into the covenant of Judaism and we elected to do a "mini-mikvah", where we took off her clothes and put her in a bowl of water. Rabbi gave an excellent explanation as to why we were partaking in this baptism-appearing ritual and how baptism's water ceremonies actually stemmed from mikvot. We also spent time discussing DD's name. Her Hebrew and English name are the same.
It was a wonderful day- let me know if you have any more questions!?
We did Chloe's baby naming when she was 4 weeks old at our temple. The Rabbi and Cantor pretty much did everything. We came up for an aaliyah (sp? honor) then the Rabbi made a blessing for C, announced her Hebrew name and gave a little speech .The Cantor actually did some prayers to the tune of Brahm's lullaby, it was really sweet.
We had ours during regular Saturday services and maybe had 30 guests. We sponsored a nice Kiddush after service (bagels, lox, salads, fruit, etc.)
We had Emily's baby naming when she was three months old (before then I wasn't really ready to do all the planning, etc - she was born six weeks early). My husband and I took her to temple on Saturday morning. He and I had an aaliyah (while holding her) and the Rabbi and Cantor said a few prayers over her. They also said a few prayers over my husband and I (may we be strong parents, prayers for our new family, and the shehchianu). It was nice and short and sweet.
The next day we had about 80 people to my parent's house for a small service which the rabbi came to perform. If you'd like the program I can send it to you. kate dot proger at gmail dot com. We served Jew brunch food also (YUM!) and everyone had a great time. My best advice would be to be careful about the time of day you do it - you want your baby to be in the best shape possible. Have fun! Its so wonderful to have everyone ooh and ahh over your little sweetie!