For Kids—Putting God on Your Guest List (2nd Edition), livre ebook

The kids’ companion to the award-winning Putting God on the Guest List, 3rd Ed.: How to Reclaim the Spiritual Meaning of Your Child’s Bar or Bat Mitzvah

Used as an inspiring part of bar/bat mitzvah preparation for parents in hundreds of congregations around the world.

Jewish youngsters and their parents need to turn inward at bar and bat mitzvah time and ask themselves these hard questions: “Why are we doing this? What does it all mean?”

At last, a guide especially for kids, to help them spiritually prepare for their bar/bat mitzvah. Explains the core spiritual values of Judaism to young people in a language they can understand. Questions at the end of each chapter engage kids and let them offer their own thoughts. A special section helps parents and kids find places to perform acts of tzedakah to honor the event—newly revised and updated.

PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 1 • Beyond "Today I Am a Man/a Woman" THE REAL HISTORY OF BAR AND BAT MITZVAH 2 • “Speak to the Children of Israel” THE SECRET MEANING OF BAR AND BAT MITZVAH 3 • Why Are These People Crying? WADING IN THE RIVER OF TEARS 4 • Hearing God's Voice THE MEANING OF TORAH 5 • Putting the Mitzvah Back in Bar and Bat Mitzvah 6 • Rites and Wrongs of Passage PUTTING THE PARTY IN PERSPECTIVE 7 • To a Skeptical Jewish Kid 8 • A Road Map to the Shabbat Morning Worship Service FINDING YOUR PLACE IN THE WORDS 9 • After the Thank-You Notes LIFE AFTER BAR AND BAT MITZVAH GLOSSARY A LIST OF PLACES FOR YOUR TZEDAKAH SUGGESTIONS FOR FURTHER READING