| Introduction | p. 9 |
| Time | |
| The Cycle of Life | |
| Two Become One: Dating, the wedding ceremony, marriage and divorce Supplement Material: The Seven Blessings The Ketubah | p. 15 |
| Zero to Thirteen: Birth, naming, circumcision, Pidyon Haben, Bar and Bat Mitzvah | p. 37 |
| A Time to Cry: Death, burial, mourning, life after death, Kaddish | p. 59 |
| Calendar | |
| The Jewish Calendar: The lunar calendar: history, philosophy and structure Supplemental Material: Table of the Months and Events of the Jewish Year | p. 81 |
| Who Invented the Weekend Anyway?: The meaning and practice of Shabbat Supplemental Material: The Categories of Prohibited Shabbat Work Kiddush for Shabbat | p. 95 |
| The Jewish New Year: Rosh Hashanah, shofar and Divine judgment | p. 115 |
| The Day of Atonement: Yom Kippur, fasting and forgiveness | p. 131 |
| Jews in Booths - Sukkot: The sukkah, lulav and etrog, Intermediate Days, Simchat Torah | p. 145 |
| Spiritual Survival: Chanukah: The history and meaning of Chanukah, the menorah, latkes and dreidels | p. 165 |
| Physical Survival: Purim: The history and meaning of Purim, the Scroll of Esther, celebration | p. 177 |
| Passover - Free at Last: Exodus, Passover Seder, matzah | p. 189 |
| Back to Sinai: Shavuot: Revelation at Mt. Sinai and celebration of the Torah | p. 217 |
| Slow Down, It's a Fast Day!: The history and purpose of the Jewish fast days | p. 233 |
| Place | |
| The Torah and Its Home: The Torah Scroll; history, purpose and appearance of the synagogue | p. 247 |
| The Land of Israel: The Jewish national homeland - historical, spiritual and legal significance | p. 259 |
| Self | |
| Action | |
| Looking Jewish: Modest clothing, head coverings, beards, tattoos | p. 281 |
| Soul Food: The Kosher Dietary Laws: The practice and purpose of keeping kosher | p. 293 |
| Material Witnesses: Physical symbols of Jewish life: mezuzah, tefillin, tzitzit, tallit | p. 313 |
| Person to Person: Behavior toward other people: love, money, honesty and ethics | p. 335 |
| Justice, Charity and Tzedakah: Jewish ideals and practice of philanthropy and kindness | p. 355 |
| Thought | |
| Belief, Knowledge and Faith: The Thirteen Principles of Faith | p. 371 |
| Why Are There Commandments?: What are mitzvot and why do we do them? | p. 393 |
| Torah Study: What, when, where and why Supplemental Material: The Talmudic Method | p. 409 |
| Speech | |
| Getting Up on the Right Side of Bed: Prayer: The philosophy, history and meaning of prayers | p. 427 |
| Blessings and Appreciation: Laws and significance of blessings | p. 451 |
| Appendices | |
| Who Are the Jews, and Where Do They Come From?: A brief Jewish family history | p. 465 |
| The Books of the People, for the People of the Book: A basic outline of key works in Jewish tradition | p. 475 |
| Recommended Reading | p. 487 |
| Where Do I Go From Here?: An insider's list of websites and contact information | p. 497 |
| Glossary | p. 503 |
| Index | p. 513 |
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