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Table of Contents

Prologue
  A Union of Weavers
 
Introduction
1.    Entering the Story
 
Part One: The Jewish Holidays
2.    The Story of Time
3.    The Blessings of Everyday
4.    Shabbat: The Palace in Time
5.    Rosh Hodesh: The New Moon
6.    Rosh Hashanah: The Birthday of the World
7.    Yom Kippur: The Day of Atonement
8.    Sukkot, Shemini Atzeret and Simhat Torah: The Journey and the Joy
9.    Hanukkah: The Festival of Lights
10.    Tu B'Shevat: The New Year of the Trees
11.    Purim: The Holiday of Masks and Miracles
12.    Passover: The Festival of Freedom
13.    Yom Hashoah: Holocaust Remembrance Day
14.    Yom Hazikaron, Yom Ha'atzmaut and Yom Yerushalayim: Songs of Israel
15.    Shavuot: The Giving of the Torah
16.    Tisha B'Av: A Time of Mourning
 
Part Two: Jewish Life-Cycle Events
17.    Thresholds in Time
18.    Birth: Affirming the Covenant
19.    Growing Up: Bar and Bat Mitzvah and Beyond
20.    Marriage: The Sanctification of Love
21.    Death and Mourning: A Life to Be Remembered
 
Epilogue
The Journey Continues
 
Prayers and Rituals for the Home
     Declaration upon Rising in the Morning
Blessing for Putting on a Tallit
Shma
Blessing over Bread
Grace After Meals
Alternative Grace After Meals
Sheheheyanu
Candlelighting for Shabbat
Kiddush for Shabbat Eve
A Blessing for Children
Havdalah Service
Blessing for Affixing a Mezuzah
Candlelighting for Festivals and Rosh Hashanah
Candlelighting for Yom Kippur
Blessing upon Waving a Lulav
Blessing upon Sitting in a Sukkah
Candlelighting for Hanukkah
 
Personal Weavings
 
Calendar of Jewish Holidays
 
Index

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