2020 Conference Session Handouts

All handouts for conference workshops are posted here.
These are in chronological order by day and time of the session.

Sunday:

• • • • Sunday 1:00 PM EDT – The Lasting Impact of the Coronavirus on the Chevrah Kadisha
        • Plenary PowerPoint

 

• • • • Sunday 2:15 PM EDT – Ma’avor Yabbok: The Foundational Text of Our Work, Caring for the Dying and the Dead Part I
        • 1 – Aaron Berechiah ben Moses ben Nehemiah of Modena
        • 2 – Tree of Life diagram
        • 3 – Ma’avor Yabbok Siftay Tzedek chapter 1a
        • 4 – Ma’avor Yabbok Taharah3
        • Ma’avor Yabbok cover image

 

• • • • Sunday 2:15 PM EDT – Care and Feeding of Volunteers
        • PowerPoint presentation by Nina Rubin June 2020

 

• • • • Sunday 6:00 PM EDT – What We Leave Behind: Our Treasures Our Stories
        • Preparing for Still Life Stories Session

 

• • • • Sunday 6:00 PM EDT – Stringing Along – Teaching Tachrichim Knots
        • Schlingenbaum Diagram of Knots

 

• • • • Sunday 6:00 PM EDT – Death Is Inevitable, Be Prepared: How To Make Your Wishes Known
        • My Wishes for the End of My Life
        • Living Will Declaration
        • Power of Attorney for Health Care
        • Five Wishes
        • Respect My Wishes

 

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Monday:

• • • • Monday 2:15 PM EDT – Traditional Taharah Liturgy Part I
        • Chesed Shel Emet Outline
        • Men’s Taharah Liturgy
        • Taharah Liturgy Kavanot

 

• • • • Monday 2:15 PM EDT – Toward a Gender-Inclusive Chevrah Kadisha – Taharah for Transgender and Gender Non-Conforming Jews
        • Toward a Gender Inclusive Hevra Kadisha

 

• • • • Monday 2:15 PM EDT – At the Deathbed: Creating Holiness and Wholeness
        • Vidui Prayer – Laurie Dinerstein-Kurs
        • Vidui Prayer – Rami Shapiro
        • Vidui Prayer – Rabbi Anne Brener
        • Vidui Prayer – Rabbi Gilah Langner
        • Deathbed Ritual – Rabbi Judith Beiner

 

• • • • Monday 3:45 PM EDT – Traditional Taharah Liturgy Part II
        • Chesed Shel Emet Outline
        • Men’s Taharah Liturgy
        • Taharah Liturgy Kavanot

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• • • • Monday 3:45 PM EDT – Why/How Policies and Manuals
        • Chevrah Kadisha Policies Temple Sinai 02-24-19
        • Acknowledgment Form for Temple Sinai Chevrah Kadisha Policies
        • NCCK taharah Decisions
        • NCCK Brochure (May 2020)
        • NCCK taharah certificate

 

• • • • Monday 3:45 PM EDT – History and Mystery of Yizkor
        • Yizkor texts

 

• • • • Monday 3:45 PM EDT – The Best Children’s Books About Death and Dying
        • Best Kid Books on Death 5-25-2020

 

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Tuesday:

• • • • Tuesday 1:00 PM EDT – What Do We Do Now? Honoring and Sanctifying in a Pandemic
        • Kehilla Community Synagogue Adapted Taharah Manual
        • Pittsburgh (NCCK) Women’s Virtual Taharah Manual
        • Portland, OR, Chevra Kavod haMet Guide to Tahara l’Nefesh (men’s version)
        • Excerpts from To Midwife A Soul – Taharah Ruchanit
        • Rabbi Shifrah’s slides
        • Kever-Avot overview

 

• • • • Tuesday 2:15 PM EDT – Cemetery Management Curriculum
        • Curriculum Design

 

• • • • Tuesday 3:45 PM EDT – Ma’avor Yabbok: The Foundational Text of Our Work, Caring for the Dying and the Dead Part II
        • 5 – Maavor Yabok Siftei Ran’nut chapter 12
        • 6 – Maavor Yabok Opening Introduction
        • Session PowerPoint slides

 

• • • • Tuesday 3:45 PM EDT – Unrecognized Loss
        • For these we weep
        • Unrecognized loss references

 

• • • • Tuesday 3:45 PM EDT – Human Composting
        • Recompose in a Nutshell
        • Reconstructionist perspective

 

 

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Wednesday:

• • • • Wednesday 2:15 PM EDT – Tahor and Tamei and the Journey Between
        • A New Understanding of Ritual Purity and Impurity

 

• • • • Wednesday 2:15 PM EDT – Chevrah Kadisha Funding Models
        • NCCK Brochure (May 2020)

 

 

• • • • Wednesday 2:15 PM EDT – Jewish Response to Plagues
        • PowerPoint slides part I
        • PowerPoint slides part II
        • PowerPoint slides part III
        • PowerPoint slides part IV
        • PowerPoint slides part V
        • PowerPoint slides part VI

 

 

• • • • Wednesday 3:45 PM EDT – Living with the Angel of Death
        • Stories and texts

 

 

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