I forgot to post about Simone's baby naming ceremony a few weeks ago. Baby naming is a Jewish custom to welcome a baby into the Jewish community by giving her a Hebrew name. We chose Simone Margalit as Simone's Hebrew name. We didn't have to change it much, as Simone already is of Hebrew origin. We chose Margalit because it starts with an M like Marin and means "pearl". Marin has a number of meanings, but generally includes things that have to do with the ocean, so "pearl" seemed to be a good choice. Also, Simone means "to hear" so if you put the two together, you get "to hear and pearl" or even better "pearls of wisdom"!
Ben's Uncle, Rabbi Gershon Weissman, was supposed to officiate at the event, however he became ill and Ben ended up running the short ceremony. I was very impressed - he put together everything he was going to say that morning!
Special thanks goes to our friends Daniel Tarica and Joshua Bobrowski, who hosted the event at their awesome home. Thank you Daniel and Joshua!
If you would like to see some pictures of the event, Grandma Carole (Ben's mom) took a few and uploaded them to this site: http://gallery.me.com/quillproquo#100050&bgcolor=black&view=grid.
