This completely revised and updated classic resource serves as an introduction to the Jewish life cycle. The first part of the book uses a question and answer format to introduce ideas about moments in the Jewish life cycle, including birth, Jewish education, bar/bat mitzvah, the Jewish home, marriage, divorce, conversion, death, and mourning. With new essays on topics such as mitzvah, infertility, the ketubah, b'rit milah, welcoming converts, tzedakah, Jewish voices on sexuality, and more, by rabbis and scholars such as Rabbis Aaron Panken, Rachel Mikva, Amy Schienerman, A. Brian Stoller, Lisa Grushcow, Mary Zamore, and Elyse Goldstein. This is the essential resource you've been waiting for!

Your life is a journey in and of itself. It is full of twists and turns, highs and lows, successes, failures and more. How you navigate your unique, personal journey will build character, integrity, and resilience while equipping you with the knowledge and skills needed for your greatness in the world. Navigating the Journey of a Lifetime explores how one woman allowed rejection, disappointment, insecurity, and fear to build character, confidence, resilience, and esteem. She shifted her attitude from one of “I can’t”, to “I can”, and “I will”. The choice is yours: will you allow your journey to build character and equip you for greatness in the world, or will you allow it to stifle you and cause you to settle for a place of mediocrity?

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As local education agencies, school districts are charged with educating students so that they are equipped with the knowledge and skills to be productive members of society as future adults. This goal is accomplished by providing an array of instructional and related services. To ensure that adequate resources are available for these services, a financial plan, or budget, must be in place. This book offers a roadmap for developing a school district budget, breaking an otherwise complex process down into a series of manageable steps. After going over general budgeting applications, concepts and techniques and providing a background in school district operations and finances, the book lays out a set of recommended procedures to take the budget from inception to completion. The book is intended for use by school business administrators, superintendents, school boards, and other school leaders as well as college students pursuing careers in public administration, business administration, or finance.

You are curious to find your soul mate or twin flame, but you are not sure of what the difference is between the two. In this book, you will learn about the mythologies of twin flames and soul mates. You’ll learn these are part of a soul group and how they are here to teach life lessons. What are their differences? Should finding our twin flame mean that we have completed our purpose here on earth? What about our soul mates? What can we do to initiate the process of finding them? What processes will we undergo once we have found them? In this book, you will: • Learn the difference between a soul mate and a twin flame • Find out what happens when you find members of your soul group and allow yourself to live a more fruitful life • Get advice on the best ways to survive a trauma in your spiritual relationships • Discover the difference between your twin flame connection and the members of your soul group • Uncover 15 amazing signs you may have already met your twin flame • Discover why you need to work on your own spiritual growth to help your twin flame connection The master yeshua explains, guides and unveils the road of the spiritual journey of twin flames and the divine principles that are necessary to learn in order to accomplish and attain this quest, that we fully embraced and have verified, while remaining in service. We are blessed to have nurtured and maintained the love that allowed the master yeshua& our angels shared knowledge, wisdom and experiences to guide our path as we progressed in the fulfilling our quest.

Transformative journey that invites individuals to embark on a path of self-discovery, growth, healing. In this powerful book, you will delve into the depths of codependency, understanding its intricate dynamics and how it impacts your relationships and sense of self. With compassion and insight, you will explore the insidious effects of gas lighting, learning to recognize the manipulation, doubt, and confusion it causes, and reclaiming your truth and self-worth. By reading Recovering from Gas lighting, you will · Gain a solid understanding of what gas lighting is, its origins and why it's considered a form of abuse. · Learn the tactics and tools of gas lighters to help you recognize and understand how manipulation works. · Identify the signs of gas lighting and their impact on self-perception and behavior. · Uncover strategies for confronting and setting boundaries with gas lighters while maintaining safety. · Discover a step-by-step guide to recovery and building healthy relationships. From the torment of psychological abuse to the healing and renewal of your emotional well-being, Recovering from Gas lighting is the ultimate companion to walk beside you on your journey as it offers guidance and support every step of the way.

Navigating the Journey of Aging Parents proposes an entirely unique approach to the field of gerontology, giving dependent care receivers a voice. Caregivers will be made aware of what care receivers truly want during life's final chapters. Exploring issues of housing, spirituality, personal care and death, Cheryl Kuba has created a testament to the dependent elderly. This book draws on numerous interviews with aging people and discusses common caregiver mistakes and interpretations, what a caregiver should expect when an aging parent moves in, and how to care for an aging parent from afar. Kuba also delves into such phenomena as guilt, role reversal, changing family dynamics, financial stress, and caring for oneself while caring for another. The 22.4 million elderly people being cared for in the United States comprises the fastest growing segment of the population, making this reference on the opinions and concerns of care receivers invaluable.

This co-edited book provides doctoral candidates with a practical, cross-discipline handbook for successfully navigating the doctoral process – from initial program selection to the final dissertation defense and preparing for the faculty interview. Invited chapters from established higher education experts cover topics ranging from university and program selection, preparing for comprehensive exams and dissertation research, self-care and self-management strategies, and recommendations for maintaining personal and professional support systems. Each chapter includes strategies for success and practical tips, including how to create a study guide for the comprehensive examination, how to create a professional support group, how to talk to your family about the doctoral process, how to select and work with a chair and committee, how to identify an appropriate research design, how to navigate the IRB process, and how to master the research and writing process.

Lucy Watani-Simiyu walks you through the raw and ugly moments in parenting that come when tragedy first strikes. She wrote this book after a season when nothing made sense and it felt like she’d been abandoned by God. It was a time filled with anxiety and heartbreak, and with many questions unanswered. As she shares her story,she gives you permission to not be a hero or be an unobtainable version of someone’s faithful Christian highlight reel. You can be right where you are ... moving toward freedom. As you read, In her parental journey and counselling sessions, the experiential learning from thousands of parents raised many questions and gives answers to questions such as: How can parents connect themselves to the very heart of God? What message does God have for you as a parent? Can children question their faith in God in a nerve-wracking way to parents and yet continue to function sanely? How can parents equip themselves with the truth of God’s Word to keep sane and fulfill their ambassadorial calling. What does it mean for a parent to have a well-planned journey for a child? You ask: what do I do when my child makes the wrong choices? How do I deal with contrary or counterculture? What about parenting guilt? Where is God in all this? Filled with verses from Scripture, examples from the Bible, and practical insights from the author’s own life experiences, this book will help you combine grace, truth, and God’s Word to find strength and help children overcome obstacles. This book points you to the source of joy in your journey by pointing you to God’s Word, the truth that sets you free when the journey gets weary. The blueprint still works—not to make you guilty but to liberate you. Maybe you are a parent who is paralyzed by fear of your child’s choices. You may be anxious, hopeless, and helpless about your child’s future. Perhaps you are weighed down by guilt and shame, caught in a slump, overwhelmed with regret trapped in a dead-end parenting, and numb from a child’s choice. You may be drowning in disappointment, anger, shame, and unfilled spiritually so that God and his promises do not make sense.Instead of tying our hope to specific outcomes, let us connect ourselves to the very heart of God. With compelling storytelling and sound scriptural backup, this book gives you the biblical pathway to help you as a parent move beyond the pain of the present to a hope-filled future.

The road to recovery from depression is paved with obstacles but also with hope and resiliency. Fundamentally, recovering from depression entails a multimodal strategy that takes into account the psychological, emotional, and physical facets of an individual's health. It's a process of taking back control of one's life, finding happiness again, and developing inner strength.