Putting God on the Guest List: How to Reclaim the Spiritual Meaning of Your Child's Bar or Bat Mitzvah

Expanded, updated, revised 2nd edition. Helps people find core spiritual values inAmerican Jewry's most misunderstood ceremony-Bar and Bat Mitzvah. Joins explanation, instruction and inspiration, to help parent and child truly be there when the moment of Sinai is recreated in their lives. How did Bar and Bat Mitzvah originate? What is its lasting significance? What are the ethics of celebration? How to make the event more spiritually meaningful!