CONTENTS
Preface
Acknowledgments
A User’s Guide
I. BIRTH
Kavanah
List of Sections
1. Following Birth
2. Covenantal and Naming Ceremony
3. Additional Resources
4. Chomer Lidrosh
Supplemental Resources and Options
2. Covenantal and Naming Ceremony
3. Additional Resources
5. Related Situations
II. STUDY
Kavanah
List of Sections
1. Beginnings
2. Bar/Bat Mitzvah
3. Post–Bar/Bat Mitzvah
4. Adult Bar/Bat Mitzvah
5. Honoring Teachers
6. Chomer Lidrosh
Supplemental Resources and Options
2. Bar/Bat Mitzvah
3. Post–Bar/Bat Mitzvah
III. CONVERSION
Kavanah
List of Sections
1. Milat Gerim
2. Mikveh
3. Conversion (Adult)
4. Conversion (Child)
5. Affirmation of Commitment
6. Chomer Lidrosh
Supplemental Resources and Options
2. Mikveh
3. Conversion (Adult)
IV. MARRIAGE
Kavanah
List of Sections
1. Preparation for Marriage
2. Wedding
3. Anniversary
4. Divorce
5. Chomer Lidrosh
Supplemental Resources and Options
1. Preparation for Marriage
2. Wedding
3. Anniversary
4. Divorce
2. Wedding
4. Divorce
6. Ancillary Situations
V. HEALING
Kavanah
List of Sections
1. Psalms and Readings
2. Mi Shebeirach Prayers
3. Surgery
4. Treatment
5. Birkat HaGomeil
6. Pregnancy Loss
8. End of Life
10. Chomer Lidrosh
Supplemental Resources and Options
1. Psalms and Readings
7. Infertility
9. Unique Circumstances
2. Mi Shebeirach Prayers
9. Unique Circumstances
VI. MOURNING
Kavanah
List of Sections
1. As Death Approaches
2. Acknowledging Death
3. Funeral Service
4. Burial
5. For Special Circumstances
6. Shivah
7. Unveiling
8. Chomer Lidrosh
Supplemental Resources and Options
1. As Death Approaches
3. Funeral Service
5. For Special Circumstances
3. Funeral Service
5. For Special Circumstances
VII. COMMUNITY
Kavanah
List of Sections
1. Communal Milestones
2. Honoring Members
3. Moments of Transition
4. For Soldiers
5. For Our Country
6. For Israel
7. Facing Adversity
Supplemental Resources and Options
1. Communal Milestones
2. Honoring Members
8. Prayers for Pets
2. Honoring Members
3. Moments of Transition
5. For Our Country
7. Facing Adversity
HISTORICAL AND HALACHIC NOTES
SOURCES AND PERMISSIONS
