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Putting God on the Guest List: How to Reclaim the Spiritual Meaning of Your Child's Bar or Bat Mitzvah » (EXP)

Book cover image of Putting God on the Guest List: How to Reclaim the Spiritual Meaning of Your Child's Bar or Bat Mitzvah by Jeffrey K. Salkin

Authors: Jeffrey K. Salkin
ISBN-13: 9781580232609, ISBN-10: 1580232604
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Jewish Lights Publishing
Date Published: February 2005
Edition: EXP

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Author Biography: Jeffrey K. Salkin

Book Synopsis

Expanded, updated, revised 2nd edition. Helps people find core spiritual values in

American Jewry's most misunderstood ceremony-Bar and Bat Mitzvah. Joins explanation, instruction and inspiration, to help parent and child truly be there when the moment of Sinai is recreated in their lives. How did Bar and Bat Mitzvah originate? What is its lasting significance? What are the ethics of celebration? How to make the event more spiritually meaningful!

"I hope every family planning a Bar Mitzvah celebration reads Rabbi Salkin's book." --Rabbi Harold S. Kushner, author of When Bad Things Happen to Good People

Library Journal

This book is destined to enjoy great popularity, for it addresses an important Jewish life cycle occasion in an exciting, contemporary style. The catchy title reflects the tone of the book. In illuminating the meaning of the bar mitzvah ritual, Salkin covers all bases: history, sociology, and religion. Recognizing that the bar mitzvah is an emotional event, particularly in families that are not observant, he explains its significance as a link in the unbroken chain of Jewish tradition as well as a rite of passage. The chapter on the highlights of the Sabbath prayers is useful. Throughout, Salkin offers instant answers to the perplexing questions of faith and belief. In our age of instant gratification, this approach has great merit and appeal. For most Judaica collections.-- Carol R. Glatt, VA Medical Ctr. Lib., Philadelphia

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