Lifecycle Events

• What Is a Brit Milah? — The covenant of circumcision
• What Is a Jewish Baby Naming? — Welcoming a new daughter
• What Is a Pidyon HaBen? — Redeeming the firstborn son
• How Are Jewish Names Chosen? — The significance of Hebrew names
• What Is a Bar Mitzvah? — A boy's coming of age
• What Is a Bat Mitzvah? — A girl's coming of age
• What Happens at a Bar/Bat Mitzvah Ceremony? — The ritual and celebration
• What Is a Jewish Wedding? — The structure of a Jewish marriage ceremony
• What Is a Ketubah? — The Jewish marriage contract
• What Is a Chuppah? — The wedding canopy and its meaning
• Why Do We Break the Glass at Weddings? — The meaning behind the tradition
• What Happens at a Jewish Funeral? — Jewish burial practices
• What Is Shiva? — The seven days of mourning
• What Is Kaddish? — The mourner's prayer
• What Is a Yahrzeit? — Commemorating the anniversary of a death
• Can I Convert to Judaism? — The process of becoming Jewish
• What Is a Mikvah? — The ritual bath in Jewish life