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I was checking out Adopting From Korea – Mom Blog & Rant and I was happy to see that she’s back. Her latest post had an article from Interfaith Family that I enjoyed and thought I’d pass it on. The article is called Challah and Rice Cakes and it’s about introducing their new Korean adoptee to the Jewish faith.
The article talks about the Jewish custom that would give their Korean adoptee her Hebrew name and then their celebration of her Korean tol (first birthday) the next day. I did not celebrate my son’s tol (as Korean tradition would dictate), but I found this article to be uplifting. The author talks about their Jewish tradition and their new Korean tradition with the same voice.
She talks about the celebration of their Jewish faith and then I was awed that the next day those same friends and family came to her daughter’s tol. It was astonishing to me when I saw that 70 people had come to the tol right after they had attended her Hebrew naming before. That is what family is all about.
