Includes index.

pt. 1 The Jewish holidays : The story of time -- The blessings of everyday -- Shabbat : the palace in time -- Rosh òHodesh : the new moon -- Rosh Hashanah : the birthday of the world -- Yom Kippur : the day of atonement -- Sukkot, Shemini Atzeret and Simòhat Torah : the journey and the joy -- òHanukkah : the festival of lights -- Tu B'Shevat : the new year of the trees -- Purim : the holiday of masks and miracles -- Passover : the festival of freedom -- Yom Hashoah : Holocaust remembrance day -- Yom Hazikaron, Yom Ha'atzma'ut and Yom Yerushalayim : songs of Israel -- Shavout : the giving of the Torah -- Tisha B'Av : a time of mourning -- pt. 2 Jewish life-cycle events : Thresholds in time -- Birth : affirming the covenant -- Growing up : Bar and Bat Mitzvah and beyond -- Marriage : the sanctification of love -- Death and mourning : a life to be remembered -- 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 -- Sheheòheyanu -- 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 òHanukkah -- Personal weavings -- Calendar of Jewish holidays.