Making a Kiddush in shul upon having a daughter:[1]
It is customary for the husband to sponsor and arrange for a Kiddush to take place in his Shul on Shabbos in celebration of the birth of a daughter in order to give thanks to G-d for the birth. The blessings that the participants of the Kiddush wish upon the father on behalf of his daughter, for her physical and spiritual health and success, are able affect the future of that child.[2]
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[1] See Derisha Y.D. 360; Toras Hadam 2:109; Orchos Chaim Lunil 2:14; Nachlas Shiva 2:17; Elya Raba 132:4; Rav Akiva Eiger Y.D. 393; Shemen Hamaor p. 64, brought in Taamei Haminhagim 929:21; Mishmeres Shalom Kudinav 20:2; Minchas Yitzchak 4:107; Iyunei Halachos p. 325; Nitei Gavriel 69:11-12; 70 in name of Rav Pinchas Hirshprung based on Bava Metzia 91a; Shevach Habris 21:3; See Nitei Gavriel 70:17 footnote 28
[2] See Iyunei Halachos in name of the Horisteipler
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