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Reproducing or republishing an article, in whole or in part, in any other forum requires permission of the author or the moderator. The traditional practice was to just call the father of a new infant girl to the bimah for an aliyah. That was it. I just two weekends ago attended a wonderful ritual for an infant girl. The naming ceremony consisted of going up to the bimah at a Friday night service for a few minutes and having some blessings recited, which I believe is typical of Reform.