Topic summary
Brit bat
Extracted from the Wikipedia article Zeved habat.
The ceremony is also known by other names including Fadas, Brit Bat (Hebrew: ברית בת - "Covenant of the Daughter") or Brit Kedusha (Hebrew: ברית קדושה - "Covenant of Holiness"). A medieval naming ceremony for girls, according to the custom of some medieval Ashkenazi communities, was known as a Hollekreisch (Yiddish: חול־קרייש), or Shabbat Hayoledet ("Sabbath of the Birth Mother").