This is the print version of the manual. You will receive a print copy of the original manual in a binder and a print copy of the supplement. The pages from the supplement can be added directly into the original manual.
Now with a new supplement, the CCAR clergy manual contains a wealth of prayers, readings, rituals, and ceremonies, expanding the original to encompass many new situations. Designed for the current moment, its prayers and blessings respond to the evolving role of Reform clergy and the changing life experiences of our congregants. Among these liturgical responses are blessings for moving, starting school, and taking a new name; prayers to support community members dealing with infertility, premature birth, abortion, addiction, eating disorders, assault, and suicide; and an extensive collection of readings to guide communities through times of challenge and pain such as natural disasters, shootings, and antisemitic incidents.
Preface
Acknowledgements
A User's Guide
Birth
Study
Conversion
Marriage
Healing
Mourning
Community
Historical and Halachic Notes
Sources and Permissions
Rabbi Donald Goor, Rabbi Emeritus of Temple Judea Tarzana, California, currently serves as Rabbinic Liaison at Daat Travel/ARZA World in Jerusalem and as campus rabbi at the Hebrew Union College–Jewish Institute of Religion (HUC-JIR) in Jerusalem. Rabbi Goor grew up in San Diego, California, as the son of a rabbi.He graduated the University of California at Berkeley (Go Bears!) with honors and distinction.In 1987, he was ordained at the HUC-JIR in New York.Rabbi Goor then joined Temple Judea where he remained for 27 years serving as senior rabbi. He is the Editor of the groundbreaking Life Cycle manual, L'cholZ'man v'Eit: For Sacred Moments, published by CCAR Press in 2015. During his time in Los Angeles, Rabbi Goor served on the faculty of HUC-JIR where he taught second and fifth year rabbinic students, addressing topics that relate to the practical aspects of being in the clergy. Rabbi Goor continues his own studies at the Hartman Institute in Jerusalem as a fellow in the Center for Rabbinic Enrichment. Rabbi Goor co-founded the HOPE Network, the Valley Interfaith Council’s Homeless Project. He has chaired the Jewish Federation/Valley Alliance’s Jewish Community Relations Council, and co-chaired the Jewish Federation’s Cults and Missionaries Commission. Over his many years in Los Angeles, he was passionate about his involvement with One LA and Reform California – efforts in community organizing. Rabbi Goor currently serves on the board of Shutaf, an after school and summer camp program devoted to inclusion for Special Needs children and teens and the David Forman Foundation which furthers Social Justice in Israel. In July of 2013, Rabbi Goor and his husband, Cantor Evan Kent, fulfilled a life dream and made aliyah.
L'chol Z'man v'Eit is already making a tremendous difference in the lives of rabbis, cantors, and congregants. Read the testimony below to find out what Cantor Marshall Portnoy has to say about the new Life-Cycle Guide:
After reading through the new Life-Cycle Guide, I see that this is something groundbreaking, highly personal, flexible, nuanced, offering a wide universe of choice in content, tone and approach. Now that I have used the manual for an unveiling and a funeral, let me add that it is highly literate yet human and intimate, scrupulously edited, and eminently useful. Stylistically, there is a felicitous combination of immediacy and gracefulness that renders it highly accessible and "real". You should feel wonderful about what you have achieved. This manual will be our voice for many decades.