We celebrate all immediate family member birthdays on the Yiddish date. Growing up my children could pick their “birthday” supper- every one had their same favorite year after year and now my children do it for their children and Bubbie and Zeidy celebrate with special Shabbos parties. A birthday is a time to show hakoras hatov to the Aibeshter for another year of life .The gedolim have always marked special birthdays. Iread that Rav Elyashav and his family paid special attention to his reaching the centennial mark. I always felt the birth of my children to be a special brocho from Hashem. Not everyone is zocheh- so we always made a big deal on their birthdays!
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