Book of Jewish Sacred Practices

Discover how to make virtually any moment in your day a significant part of a meaningful Jewish life.

As we have discovered, and as our sages have long known, there is no experience in the life of a Jew that cannot be marked in Jewish ways . The book you hold in your hands is the result of the kinds of rituals we have sculpted together over the years. It is not a prayer book or even a compendium of obligatory Jewish rituals. Rather, it is a source for all to use creatively. from the Introduction

Decades of experience by CLAL The National Jewish Center for Learning and Leadership in connecting spirituality with daily life come together in this one comprehensive handbook. In these pages, you have access to teachings that can help to sanctify almost any moment in your day.

Offering a meditation, a blessing, a profound Jewish teaching, and a ritual for more than one hundred diverse everyday events and holidays, this guide includes sacred practices for: Lighting Shabbat candlesBlessing your parentsRunning a marathonVisiting the sickBuilding a sukkahSeeing natural wondersMoving into a new homeSaying goodbye to a beloved petMaking a shiva callTraveling ... and much more

Drawing from both traditional and contemporary sources, The Book of Jewish Sacred Practices will show you how to make more holy any moment in your daily life.

Contributors:

Rabbi Judith Z. Abrams, PhD Rabbi Tsvi Blanchard, PhD Rabbi Daniel Silberman Brenner Shari Cohen, PhD David M. Elcott, PhD Rabbi Niles E. Goldstein Michael Gottsegen, PhD Rabbi Irving (Yitz) Greenberg, PhD Rabbi Steven Greenberg Rabbi Brad Hirschfield Janet R. Kirchheimer David Kraemer, PhD Rabbi Jennifer E. Krause Rabbi Irwin Kula Rabbi Benay Lappe Rabbi Natan Margalit Rabbi David Nelson, PhD Vanessa L. Ochs, PhD Rabbi Rachel T. Sabath Robert Rabinowitz, PhD Andrew Silow-Carroll Rabbi Lawrence Troster"