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
Covenantal and Naming Ceremony
Additional Resources
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
Bar/Bat Mitzvah
Driver’s License
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
Mikveh
Conversion (Adult)
IV. MARRIAGE
Kavanah
List of Sections
1. Preparation for Marriage
2. Wedding
3. Anniversary
4. Divorce
5. Chomer Lidrosh
SUPPLEMENTAL
Preparation for Marriage
Wedding
Anniversary
Divorce
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
Psalms and Readings
7. Infertility
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
As Death Approaches
Funeral Service
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
Communal Milestones
Honoring Members
Prayers for Pets
Jewish Status
The Jewish Status of Adopted Children
B’rit Milah
B’rit Bat
Rituals Following Birth
Bar/Bat Mitzvah
Confirmation
Conversion
Engagement and Marriage
Dissolution of Marriage
Death
The Synagogue and Community
Abbreviations
I. Birth
III. Conversion
IV. Marriage
V. Healing
VI. Mourning
VII. Community
