Jewish spiritual parenting : wisdom, activities, rituals and prayers for raising children with spiritual balance and emotional wholeness / Rabbi Paul Kipnes and Michelle November, MSSW.
Material type:
TextPublisher: Woodstock, VT : Jewish Lights Publishing, [2015]Description: xviii, 198 pages ; 23 cmContent type: - text
- unmediated
- volume
- 1580238211 (pbk.)
- 1580238491 (ebook)
- 9781580238212 (pbk.)
- 9781580238496 (ebook)
| Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Children's Book
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Main Library | Parent/Teacher Resource Collection-Children's | 296.74 K57 | Available | 33111008058311 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Become more insightful, inspired parents through Jewish spiritual wisdom.
"While raising our three children, we learned a parenting secret: that bringing up a child transforms us and transforms our world. We discovered that being parents is a spiritual journey that begins in an act of love and continues through intentional actions. The Holy One bequeaths to us minimally formed creatures, all potential, morally neutral. As parents we transform those children into compassionate, loving human beings. We become partners with God."
--from the Introduction
Parenting has never been easy--but in a culture that encourages more screen time than face time, how can you make sure that your children stay connected to what really matters in life?
In this guidebook for building a strong framework for a Jewish life, Rabbi Paul Kipnes and Michelle November, MSSW, reveal the spiritual wisdom they have learned and the hard-won parenting techniques they developed that shaped their children as individuals and their family as a whole. Together, they explore spiritually nourishing approaches to help you foster essential Jewish values like gratitude, joy and honesty in your children. Kipnes and November also share timeless teachings and spirit-filled activities, rituals and prayers that will help you cultivate strong Jewish values and cherished spiritual memories in your own family.
Includes bibliographical references.
Section I: Building foundations for spiritual parenting. 1. Talking spirituality, talking God: fostering ruchaniyut in our children's minds and hearts -- 2. Partnership, pluralism, and peace: shutafut as a spiritual parenting strategy -- 3. Holding them close, letting them grow: the tzimzum of spiritual parenting -- 4. Transmitting our heritage through the generations: the spiritual significance of mishpacha and L'dor Vador -- 5. Truths we know: sharing emet with our children -- Section II: Practicing spiritual living for spiritual growth -- 6. Living holy lives: kedoshim tehiyu at bedtime, wake-up, and throughout the day -- 7. Each child Is unique: embracing B'tzelem Elohim -- 8. Caring for body, mind, and spirit: shmirat ha'guf as strengthening and preserving God's gift -- 9. Reframing the situation: empowering our children to explore alternatives through Davar Acher -- 10. Opening our hearts with kindness: instilling the importance of chesed and gemilut chasadim into our children's everyday lives -- 11. Living joyfully: finding simcha at the center of life.