Bar Mitzvah/Bat Mitzvah

Bar Mitzvah/Bat Mitzvah
Author: Amy Nebens
Publisher: Harry N. Abrams
Total Pages: 152
Release: 2005-06-07
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9781584794158

Whether it's finding the right synagogue and selecting a mitzvah project or choosing party favors, this original new guide to planning a bar or bat mitzvah is filled with inspiring ideas.

The Mitzvah Project Book

The Mitzvah Project Book
Author: Elizabeth Suneby
Publisher: Jewish Lights Publishing
Total Pages: 226
Release: 2011
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1580234585

Make the world a better place through good deeds--big or small. "Thank you, really, for devoting your energies to making the world just a little bit better. By doing so, you are saying to yourself, and to others, that this whole Bar/Bat Mitzvah thing is real and important. And, this book will help you figure out great ways to put your own passions, interests, and hobbies to work for mitzvah." --from the Foreword Are you searching for a meaningful and fun mitzvah project? This inspiring book is packed with ideas to help you connect something you love to a mitzvah project or tikkun olam initiative that you can be passionate about. It is filled with information, ideas and activities to spark your imagination, as well as a planning guide to get you organized and off to a good start. Creativity and Compassion Arts & Crafts - Clothes & Fashion - Computers & Technology - Food & Cooking - Movies & Drama - Reading & Writing Putting Mitzvot in Motion Animals - Camp - Fitness - Health - Music & Dance - Sports Your World, Our World Environment - Family - Friends, Neighbors & Your Community - Global Community - Israel - Your Jewish Heritage

Bar/Bat Mitzvah Basics 2/e

Bar/Bat Mitzvah Basics 2/e
Author: Helen Leneman
Publisher: Jewish Lights Publishing
Total Pages: 241
Release: 2001
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1580231519

How to manage the process with grace, joy and good sense. A practical guide that gives parents and teens the "how-to" information they need to navigate the bar/bat mitzvah process and grow as a family through this experience. For the first time in one book, everyone directly involved offers practical insights into how the process can be made easier and more enjoyable for all. Rabbis, cantors and Jewish educators from the Reform, Conservative and Reconstructionist movements, parents, and even teens speak from their own experience. - What's it all about? - Preparation for Parent and Child - Tutoring, stress, expectations, enjoyment, planning for children with special needs - Negotiating the ceremony and celebration - Designing a creative service, heightening the spiritual exercise, special issues related to divorced and interfaith families, planning a party that neither breaks the bank nor detracts from the inherent spirituality of the event.

Navigating the Journey

Navigating the Journey
Author: Rabbi Peter S. Knobel, PhD
Publisher: CCAR Press
Total Pages: 288
Release: 2017-12-04
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0881233021

This completely revised and updated classic resource serves as an introduction to the Jewish life cycle. The first part of the book uses a question and answer format to introduce ideas about moments in the Jewish life cycle, including birth, Jewish education, bar/bat mitzvah, the Jewish home, marriage, divorce, conversion, death, and mourning. With new essays on topics such as mitzvah, infertility, the ketubah, b'rit milah, welcoming converts, tzedakah, Jewish voices on sexuality, and more, by rabbis and scholars such as Rabbis Aaron Panken, Rachel Mikva, Amy Schienerman, A. Brian Stoller, Lisa Grushcow, Mary Zamore, and Elyse Goldstein. This is the essential resource you've been waiting for!

The Mitzvah Planning Guide

The Mitzvah Planning Guide
Author: Cara Weiss
Publisher:
Total Pages:
Release: 2017
Genre:
ISBN: 9781732523203

Don't Do it yourself¿ DIYWH...DO IT YOURSELF... WITH OUR HELPUnsure of where to begin in planning your B'nai Mitzvah? Since 1994 Cara Weiss and her company SAVE The DATE, LLC has planned over 1,000 B'nai Mitzvahs and Weddings by successfully guiding and teaching clients how to plan their event. Using a unique approach by incorporating the client in all aspects of the planning stages, we interview each client to make sure we are a good fit. Then during the planning stages we not only focus on the typical factors such as budget, location, and time of year but most importantly (and what separates us from other planners) we incorporate you and your personality all throughout the process. Our clients come to us seeking organizing help and creative thoughts to plan out their simcha. Planning in a fun yet logical way is what we are all about while helping you and your child enjoy becoming a B'nai Mitzvah.Now you can learn what we learned from over 2 decades of experience all in one purchase. Our self contained zipper bound event planning guide book will help you stay organized and keep the creative thoughts flowing as you plan your next simcha. For over 20 years we have created forms, lists, guides and valuable information that we are now making available to you in an easy to use event planning guide book. Our forms will ease the planning process. You will have access to invaluable information such as actual client budget samples, information on religious aspects and how to incorporate them into your simcha, important checklists, and so much more. Our information will make you educate you on what you don't know so you can be your own planner. Before you go to your vendor meetings; read about the discussion topics and negotiation secrets. You will go in to your meetings educated and you will come out better for it. We teach it all to you in a step by step process so you could practically do it yourself.

The Mitzvah Project Book—Workshop Leader's Guide

The Mitzvah Project Book—Workshop Leader's Guide
Author: Diane Heiman
Publisher: Turner Publishing Company
Total Pages: 28
Release: 2011-11-01
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1683367111

Ideas and activities for leading a pick & plan your mitzvah project workshop. A companion to The Mitzvah Project Book: Making Mitzvah Part of Your Bar/Bat Mitzvah ... and Your Life, this workshop leader's guide is packed with fun activities to choose from or to use as inspiration for crafting your own activities. Clear instructions, materials lists and goals will help you lead a meaningful workshop that shows participants how to make the world a better place through good deeds—big or small. Participants will: Become familiar with the meaning of "mitzvah" Learn about different mitzvah types and topics Explore mitzvah project ideas relating to their interests Start planning a doable mitzvah project of their own

Make Your Own Bar/Bat Mitzvah

Make Your Own Bar/Bat Mitzvah
Author: Rabbi Goldie Milgram
Publisher: Jossey-Bass
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2004-09-01
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9780787972158

Make Your Own Bar/Bat Mitzvah is using and inspiring guide that takes you step-by-step through the process of creating a very personal and meaningful Bar/Bat Mitzvah. This book offers a joyful and effective planning process that will help you produce a coming of age ritual filled with innovative ideas and sound guidance. Rabbi Goldie Milgram provides an effective, exciting process to help you organize this experience to meet your needs, in particular your studies, mentors, service, Torah talk, party, gifts and expressions of appreciation. Pragmatic and inspiring, this ground-breaking work will help students, families and communities to create healthy and memorably happy bar/bat mitzvah experiences. Rabbi Goldie Milgram is spearheading the Bar/Bat Mitzvah Institute Initiative, developed under a grant from the Nathan Cummings Foundation and focused upon creating more meaningful and effective ways of preparing students for bar/bat mitzvah. Author of Reclaiming Judaism as a Spiritual Practice: Holy Days and Shabbat, she is Founder and Executive Director of the non-profit educational research and training group, P?nai Yachadut and also runs the highly regarded web site family ReclaimingJudaism.org. ?Reb Goldie Milgram is an extraordinary, creative, and wise teacher/mentor/guide/partner in the exploration of the Bar/Bat Mitzvah process. She takes the reader on a multi-dimensioned journey to discover various meaningful traditions and rituals and, in turn, to express them into a spiritually significant celebration. This book is the Bar/Bat Mitzvah's equivalent to What Color Is Your Parachute.? -Peninnah Schram, author, Stories One Generation Tells to Another ?Rabbi Goldie Milgram restores relevance and spirituality to the process of becoming bar/bat mitzvah. Her guidance is delivered with great wisdom and compassion. I highly recommend this work.? -David A Cooper, author of God is a Verb

Beyond Breaking the Glass

Beyond Breaking the Glass
Author: Rabbi Nancy H. Wiener, D.Min.
Publisher: CCAR Press
Total Pages: 218
Release: 2013-02
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0881232068

This is the book for all of today’s couples. Explores the rich history of Jewish wedding customs and rituals throughout the centuries while providing contemporary interpretations and creative options. Published by CCAR Press, a division of the Central Conference of American Rabbis

A PERFECT GUIDE for PLANNING... Bar/Bat/B'nai Mitzvah

A PERFECT GUIDE for PLANNING... Bar/Bat/B'nai Mitzvah
Author: Robert Starkey
Publisher: Lulu.com
Total Pages: 82
Release: 2010-07-17
Genre: Family & Relationships
ISBN: 0557492459

36 Tips + 4 Bonuses for the Mitzvah day, one of the most important days in your child's life. A day filled with love, emotions, feelings, sensitivity, family and friends.A gathering to celebrate the big event often follows the ceremony. This party can require extensive preparation on the part of the parents and other family members involved in the planning.This guide provides assistance in creating a celebration sure to impress the guests, while not breaking the bank. From staying organized and hiring vendors, to involving your child or grandchild in the planning process to make the celebration one which reflects their personality and style.