it's official

Today was Mikveh Day! We all traipsed down to Denver. It was nice to see Rabbi Feder again...there haven't been many babies born in our little preschool community in a year or so, so we haven't seen each other. There for a while it felt like we were always going to a bris or a naming! Mae had her dunking and a sip of wine and is official. For her, she will either 'accept or reject' her conversion when she reaches bat mitzvah. I like that-I like that she hasn't been 'made Jewish,' rather, she is welcomed into the community and can choose for herself. That's nice. We all had donuts to celebrate and are taking early naps in preparation for the big Hanukkah concert tonight. Mazel tov to our beautiful Yarden Matana. Her naming ceremony at our temple will be in January, although with the conversion ceremony, she already has her name in a legal sense. Off to nap!