Anita Diamant

New Jewish Baby Book (2nd Edition) (eBook, ePUB)

Names, Ceremonies & Customs-A Guide for Today's Families

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

The practical, inspiring guide for all Jewish people expecting a baby.
Expanded, updated, and revised.

A complete resource to the traditions and rituals for welcoming a new child to the world and into the Jewish community, and for commemorating this joyous event in family life-whatever your family constellation.

• Provides ceremonies you can copy for handouts so that guests are an even greater part of the experience.
• Special section for interfaith families helps make the celebrations inclusive, comfortable, and joyous for all.
• Ceremonies for girls, as well as for boys.

"Drawn from the wealth of mythic, historic, religious, culinary, and literary traditions that surround the arrival of a new Jewish baby, and informed by contemporary insight and practice, The New Jewish Baby Book describes the many ways that new parents can celebrate the arrival of a child, the newest member of your extended families, and a unique and precious chapter in the on-going saga of the Jewish people."
-from the Introduction

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Turner Publishing Company
• Seitenzahl: 320
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. Februar 2012
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781580235143
• Artikelnr.: 49989564

Autorenporträt

Anita Diamant is author of The Red Tent; The New Jewish Wedding; Bible Baby Names: Spiritual Choices from Judeo-Christian Sources; and The New Jewish Baby Book(Jewish Lights), among other books. She is a founder of Mayyim Hayyim, Living Waters Community Mikveh and the Paula J. Brody Family Education Center in Newton, Massachusetts.

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword Preface Acknowledgments Introduction Part 1: Chai
Life Conception Pregnancy Birth Part 2: A Jewish Name Naming A Son! Boys' Names A Daughter! Girls
Names Part 3: Brit
Covenant Covenants Brit Milah
The Covenant of Circumcision Questions and Answers History Traditional Interpretations Planning a Bris Liturgy and Ritual Adoption, Conversion, and Rituals for Already Circumcised Sons Caring for the Newly Circumcised Baby Two Ceremonies for Brit Milah Brit Bat
Welcoming Our Daughters History Planning a Brit Bat Elements of a Brit Bat Ceremony Four Ceremonies for Brit Bat Hiddur Mitzvah
Beautiful Touches Ideas and Readings for Your Celebration Part 4: Simcha
Joy Simcha Means "Party" Announcements Celebrations and Customs Part 5: The Changing Jewish Family Interfaith Families Adoption Part 6: The First Year Weaning Appendix 1: What Non-Jews Should Know about Brit Milah
the Covenant of Circumcision Appendix 2: What Non-Jews Should Know about Brit Bat
the Covenant for a Daughter Resources for New Parents Notes Glossary Directory of Artists Index