Introduction to Jewish Life Cycle Rituals and Practices
by Rabbi Dr. Goldie Milgram

 

Publishers Release
Date  August  2008

Living Jewish
Life Cycle:
How to Create Meaningful
Jewish Rites of Passage
for Every Stage of Life

 

 

 

 


by Rabbi Goldie Milgram

from Jewish Lights Publishing
and available through all major
booksellers in stores & on-line.

 

 Life can be very lonely without powerful life cycle rituals which gather your  inner circle of friends and family during times of celebration, separation, maturation and mourning.

Contents:

Birth & Loss: Discover Jewish rituals and prayers for making love, conception, Jewish baby naming,  Jewish miscarriage, adoption and infertility rituals.

Marriage & Divorce: Spiritual preparation for a Jewish wedding, the Jewish wedding itself, mikvah, mikveh, ritual immersion made meaningful, Jewish approaches to family understanding and forgiveness, to kind and healthy management of interfaith family issues, to Jewish same sex weddings, understanding the Jewish divorce process, the importance of a "get", adding spirituality to the Jewish divorce process.

Bar Mitzvah & Bat Mitzvah: Thirteen sacred shifts possible to transform youth or adult bar/bat mitzvah into a healthy, meaningful and  memorable rite of passage. How to write a remarkable d'var Torah (Torah teaching). Reclaiming and transmitting Jewish culture for your party and the sake of the Jewish future and it's great fun too.

Changes in Lifestyle, Body & Health: Discover Jewish healing practices and rites for transition such puberty and menopause, retirement, grand parenting, dealing with aging parents, etc.

Dying, Death, Funeral & Mourning: A complete guide to the Jewish process for death and dying taught through a spiritual lens.

Environmental Issues & Rites of Passage: Simple ways to go easy on the environment so your entire ritual and celebration process is double mitzvah.