The Bar/Bat Mitzvah Planbook

Jane Lewit; Ellen Epstein

doi:10.5771/9781461660453

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A comprehensive, step-by-step handbook that leads parents through every detail. —Library Journal

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Copyright year: 1993
ISBN-Print: 978-0-8128-2861-0
ISBN-Online: 978-1-4616-6045-3
Publisher: Scarborough, Lanham
Language: English
Pages: 184
Product type: Book Titles

1. Contents No access
2. FOREWORD No access
3. PREFACE No access
4. INTRODUCTION No access
1. Why hold the ceremony at all No access
2. The tradition of the Bar Mitzvah at age thirteen No access
3. The Bat Mitzvah No access
1. At what age does a child become Bar/Bat Mitzvah? No access
2. Your child's Hebrew birthdate No access
3. The yearly cycle of readings: the Torah and Haftarah portions No access
4. The Jewish holiday calendar No access
5. Jewish holidays with their special festivities No access
6. Jewish days of remembrance with certain limitations No access
7. Secular holidays, vacation times, the weather, and other factors No access
1. Vocabulary of the Bar/Bat Mitzvah service No access
2. The Shabbat morning service and kiddush No access
3. The Friday evening service and Oneg Shabbat No access
4. Mincha and Havdalah No access
5. Other services: A Monday or Thursday Torah service, Rosh Hodesh, a festival No access
1. Basic training No access
2. Individualized tutoring No access
3. Study aids No access
4. D'rash, Bar/Bat Mitzvah speech, personal prayer No access
5. Understanding the synagogue service No access
6. Tips for success No access
7. The importance of a Jewish education No access
8. Education for the child with special needs No access
9. Creative Bar/Bat Mitzvah courses of study No access
10. The Jewish hometransmitting Jewish values No access
11. Suggestion for those starting late No access
1. Aliyah-being called to the Torah No access
2. Grandparents and their participation No access
3. Special family situations No access
4. Hagbah and Glilah No access
5. Sharing the spotlight with siblings No access
1. Head coverings No access
2. Tallit: A prayer shawl with Tzitzit (fringes) No access
3. Selecting a tallit No access
4. Tefillin No access
5. Other ritualitems: candlesticks, kiddush cup, challah cover No access
1. Standar printed invitations No access
2. Designing your own invitation No access
3. Parents who are separated or divorced No access
4. Additional inserts and the RSVP No access
5. Mailing the invitations No access
1. THE GUEST .LIST: Whom to invite No access
2. Completing the guest list No access
3. OUT-OF-TOWNERS: Lodging: Home hospitality or hotel reservations No access
4. Providing for guests who observe kashrut No access
5. Friday night dinner No access
6. Sunday brunch No access
7. Maps, directions and schedules for the weekend No access
8. Explaining the service No access
9. Providing baby-sitting No access
10. Providing for guests who are Shomer Shabbat No access
11. Some considerations for Orthodox and/or Conservative congregations No access
1. The party celebrating a Bar/Bat Mitzvah No access
2. Suggestions for enhancing your party No access
3. The type of celebration: Number of guests, children, and other variables No access
4. Facilities where the reception may be held: synagogue, home, hotel, or club No access
5. Serving the food: Abuffet versus a served meal, or how are you going to feed all those invited guests? No access
6. Planning the menu No access
7. The synagogue and its kitchen: Kashrut and a mashgiach No access
8. Basic checklist No access
9. Flowers and centerpieces No access
10. Music and singing No access
11. Photography No access
12. Cost-cutting hints No access
13. Ideas for providing for your youngest guests No access
1. Gifts with Jewish meaning No access
2. Unusual Jewish gifts No access
3. A trip to Israel No access
4. Tzedakah No access
5. Remembering your synagogue No access
6. The thank you note: Taking the time to respond properly and promptly No access
1. Holding the ceremony in Israel: The Kotel (Western Wall), atop Masada.. or elsewhere No access
2. Bat Torah No access
3. Nontraditional settings No access
4. The adult Bar/Bat Mitzvah No access
1. Bar/Bat Mitzvah Timetable: Countdown to a Simcha No access
2. Preliminary Family List No access
3. Preliminary List of Friends of the parents No access
4. Preliminary List of Your Child's Friends No access
5. Preliminary List of Members of Your Congregation No access
6. Preliminary List of Professional and Business Associates No access
7. Preliminary List of Neighbors No access
8. Final Guest List No access
9. Aliyot and Honors Chart No access
GLOSSARY No access Pages 173 - 178
SELECTED BOOKS FOR FURTHER REFERENCE No access Pages 179 - 180
INDEX No access Pages 181 - 184