## Rabbi Sacks on Siddur, The Cycle of Life, Zeved HaBat

###### Rabbi Sacks on Siddur, The Cycle of Life, Zeved HaBat 1
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ZEVED HABAT
There has long been a custom among Sephardim – increasingly adopted by Ashkenazim – to mark the birth of a daughter with a special ceremony known as *Zeved HaBat* (“the gift of a daughter”), during which the baby is named and blessed. We give expression to our thanks to God for the miracle of a new life, and pray that His blessings should accompany her through the course of her life. If food is served at the ceremony, the meal has religious significance (*seudat mitzva*), and should be accompanied by words of Torah.


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יוֹנָתִי *My dove in the clefts of the rock:* Song of Songs 2:14.


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אַחַת הִיא *There is one alone:* Song of Songs 6:9.


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יְשִׂמֵךְ *May God make you like:* the traditional blessing given by parents to daughters. יְבָרֶכְךָ יהוה May the LORD the Priestly Blessing (Num. 6:24–26).


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וִיהִי רָצוֹן *May it be the will:* Taken from a traditional blessing given by parents to children on the eve of Yom Kippur.


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**הָאֱלֹהִים אֲשֶׁר הִתְהַלְּכוּ אֲבֹתַי לְפָנָיו** *May God before whom my fathers:* the blessing given by Jacob to the children of Joseph (Gen. 48:15–16), the only instance in the Torah of a grandparent blessing grandchildren.


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אֲחֹתֵֽנוּ *Our sister:* the blessing given to Rebecca by her family (Gen. 24:60).