Helps people find core spiritual values in American Jewry's most misunderstood ceremony-bar and bat mitzvah. In a joining of explanation, instruction and inspiration, Rabbi Salkin helps both parent and child truly be there when the moment of Sinai is recreated in their lives.
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Acknowledgments
Foreword by Rabbi Sandy Eisenberg Sasso, Congregation Beth-El Zedeck, Indianapolis
Introduction by Rabbi H.William Lebeau, Vice Chancellor, The Jewish Theological Seminary of America
Preface to the Third Edition Why This Book Was Born
Chapter 1 Beyond "Today I Am a Man"
Chapter 2 "Speak to the Children of Israel": How Bar and Bat Mitzvah Speak to the Inner Life of Children
Chapter 3 The River of Tears: How Bar and Bat Mitzvah Speak to the Inner Lives of Parents and Grandparents
Chapter 4 Hearing God's Voice: The Meaning of Torah
Chapter 5 Putting the Mitzvah Back in Bar and Bat Mitzvah
Chapter 6 Rites and Wrongs of Passage: Putting the Party in Perspective
Chapter 7 To a Skeptical Jewish Parent
Chapter 8 The Shabbat Morning Worship Service: Finding Your Place in the Words
Chapter 9 The Changing Jewish Family
Chapter 10 After the Thank You Notes: Helping Your Jewish Teenager Develop Jewish Values
Appendix 1 What Non-Jews Should Know About the Bar and Bat Mitzvah Service
Appendix 2 A List of Places for Your Tzedakah Go and Learn: Resources for Jewish Parents
Glossary
Bibliography and Suggestions for Further Reading
