Zeved habat information

Zeved habat (Hebrew: זֶבֶד הַבָּת - Gift of the Daughter) or Simchat Bat (Hebrew: שמחת בת‎ - Celebration of the Daughter)^[2] is the Jewish naming ceremony for newborn girls.^[1]^[3] The details of the celebration varies somewhat by Jewish community and will typically feature the recitation of specific biblical verses and a prayer to announce the name of the newborn child.

The ceremony is also known by other names including Fadas,^[4]^[5] Brit Bat (Hebrew: ברית בת‎ - "Covenant of the Daughter")^[2] or Brit Kedusha (Hebrew: ברית קדושה‎ - "Covenant of Holiness").^[6] A medieval naming ceremony for girls, according to the custom of some medieval Ashkenazi communities, was known as a Hollekreisch (Yiddish: חול-קרייש‎),^[7]^[8]^[9] or Shabbat Hayoledet ("Sabbath of the Birth Mother").^[10]

^ ^a ^b Abuhav, Yitzchak (1687). "L'Zeved Habat". Meah Brachot. Amsterdam. pp. 181–182.
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^ "Fadas", Bulletin de l'Alliance (Alliance Israélite Universelle), 2 January 1888, page 88.
^ Harvey, L. P. (1973). The Alfaqui in la dança general de la muerte. Hispanic Review, 498-510.
^ Muchnik, M. (2014). 3 Language, Gender and Religion. In The Gender Challenge of Hebrew (pp. 83-130). Brill.
^ Hyman, P. E. (1993). Traditionalism and Village Jews in 19th-Century Western and Central Europe: Local Persistence and Urban Nostalgia. The Uses of Tradition,(Cambridge: Harvard 1992).
^ Hammer, J. (2005). Holle's Cry: Unearthing a Birth Goddess in a German Jewish Naming Ceremony. Nashim: A Journal of Jewish Women's Studies & Gender Issues, (9), 62-87.
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[meahb-1] Abuhav, Yitzchak (1687). "L'Zeved Habat". Meah Brachot. Amsterdam. pp. 181–182.

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[4] "Fadas", Bulletin de l'Alliance (Alliance Israélite Universelle), 2 January 1888, page 88.

[5] Harvey, L. P. (1973). The Alfaqui in la dança general de la muerte. Hispanic Review, 498-510.

[6] Muchnik, M. (2014). 3 Language, Gender and Religion. In The Gender Challenge of Hebrew (pp. 83-130). Brill.

[hyman93-7] Hyman, P. E. (1993). Traditionalism and Village Jews in 19th-Century Western and Central Europe: Local Persistence and Urban Nostalgia. The Uses of Tradition,(Cambridge: Harvard 1992).

[hammer05-8] Hammer, J. (2005). Holle's Cry: Unearthing a Birth Goddess in a German Jewish Naming Ceremony. Nashim: A Journal of Jewish Women's Studies & Gender Issues, (9), 62-87.

[tracht-9] Cite error: The named reference tracht was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

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