List Books » Living Jewish Life Cycle: How to Create Meaningful Jewish Rites of Passage at Every Stage of Life
Authors: Goldie Milgram
ISBN-13: 9781580233354, ISBN-10: 158023335X
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Jewish Lights Publishing
Date Published: December 2008
Edition: (Non-applicable)
The spiritual tools you can use to infuse Jewish life cycle ceremonies with meaning, integrity and joy.
Introduction vii
1 Tradition and Transition: The Evolution and Jewish Rites of Passage 1
2 Helping Holiness Happen: Jewish Weddings of Almost Every Kind 18
3 Loving and Leaving: Jewish Rituals and Practices for When Relationships End 68
4 Babies: Longing, Breathing, Loss, Birth, and/or Adoption and Options 77
5 Belonging and Becoming: Ceremonies of Welcome, Naming, Covenant, and Blessing 106
6 Creating a Meaningful and Memorable Adult or Adolescent Bar/Bat Mitzvah 157
7 Expanding Jewish Ritual Support for the Many Stages of Adulthood 190
8 Leaving Life: Dying, Death, Burial, Mourning, and Memorial 207
Appendix 1 The Legacy of Your Footprint: Caring for the Environment on Your Special Day 251
Glossary 254
Suggestions for Further Reading and Learning 262
Acknowledgments 273
Index 277