Jewish Lifecycle
The Jewish Age of Majority and Its Obligations
Reaching the age of majority was not always a requirement for commandments such as being called up to the Torah.
Contemporary Issues in Bar/Bat Mitzvah
Contemporary Bar/Bat Mitzvah Issues. The Bar / Bat Mitzvah Celebrarion. Jewish Coming of Age. Jewish Lifecycle
The Surprising History of Bar/Bat Mitzvah and Confirmation
The bar mitzvah (and even more so the bat mitzvah) is a relatively new phenomena.
About Bar/Bat Mitzvah
Age and its significance, terminology, parents' blessing, parent-child dynamics, and motivations for adult bar/bat mitzvah.
Why I Joined Our Hevra Kaddisha
How one woman, in the middle of her own year of mourning, joined this "holy society" of those who prepare the dead for burial--and what it has meant to her.
What Death Should Teach Us About Life and Living
Death is not a counterpoint or contradiction to life, but a profound teacher about the meaning of human existence.
Jewish Tradition and the Lifecycle
Jewish lifecycle rituals reflect a communal orientation, the democratic nature of traditions, the relationship between the biological and the social, and the inevitability of evolution and change.
Death and Mourning: Sources from the Babylonian Talmud
On attending to mourners, anticipating dying, accepting death, and appropriate burial rites.