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Brit Brat or Brit Milah
The Brit Bat is for the baby girls and there are no specific requirements for this ceremony. The most popular ways to celebrate this event is by washing the baby girl’s feet or lighting candles. For the Brit Milah is for the baby boys and during this ceremony the boys are circumcised. Parents make a speech involving what values they plan on raising their child on Then they read a letter they wrote to their child. Lastly, they finish off this event with a feast. -
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Shabbot
Shabbot is a weekly event that lasts for 25 hours. It begins just before sundown on Friday, and it ends after nightfall on Saturday. Shabbat has its origins in the Torah, where it is most notable as a day of complete cessation of labor. The prophetic tradition portrays it as a day of pleasures as well. Preparation for Shabbat begins as early as mid-week in some households, and its arrival is marked by the spiritual illumination of a candle-lighting ceremony. -
Bar / Bat Mitzvah
A Bat Mitzvah is the religious ceremony for a 12 year and one day old Jewish girl . It is regarded as the age of religiopus maturity. On the other hand, a Bar Mitzvah is the religious intiation ceremony of a Jewish boy who has reached the age of 13 and is regarded as ready to observe religious precepts and eligible to take part in public worship. -
Weddings
Wine is a very important part of Jewish wedding customs. Wine represents the couple becoming as one while they are grapes coming together to create something even more beautiful, which is wine. Each wedding includes the basics; the ketubah (signed and witnessed marriage contract), ring, and seven blessings (joy, rejoicing, children, your image, humanity, glory, wine)
Some common traditions- veiling ceremony, couples circling each other, smashing a glass, dancing the horah -
Shiva - Death & Mourning
Shiva is a method of mourning for lost loved ones. Shiva is a seven day process that allows very limited action on the part of the mourner. It requires that the one engaged in the ritual covers all mirrors, takes off leather shoes and sits on a small lowered chair or stool. The mourner lights a candle that will stay lit for seven days, and allows others to bring food for them or prepare it in their home. Every time before they pray the mourners prayer, they light a specific candle.
