Teachings: Mitzvah Cards

Mitzvah Cards: One Mitzvah leads to Another

By: 
Rabbi Goldie Milgram

Perfect for gifts, events and study, these 52 Mitzvah Cards conveying many of the core spiritual practices of a meaningful Jewish life.

How to use Mitzvah Cards:

1. You can draw one card weekly for reflection, study & practice.
2. Sort the cards by mitzvot you keep, those for further learning, and mitzvot you aren’t ready to take on.
3. Discuss each with a friend or teacher.
4. Invite your guests at dinners and events to each draw a mitzvah card, and then raise questions, or share a related mitzvah story or teaching.
5. Excellent bar mitzvah or bat mitzvah gift; consider giving together with matching companion volume Mitzvah Stories: Seeds for Inspiration and Learning.
6. Mitzvah Card decks make meaningful and memorable party favors.
 
Each card has a pomegranate illustration based on the Talmudic saying "Every Jew is as full of mitzvot as a pomegranate is full of seeds." Note: The name of each mitzvah appears in Hebrew with transliteration and inspiring explanation.
Examples:
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Bar Mitzvah and Bat Mitzvah Developmental Shifts

By: 
Rabbi Goldie Milgram

Well-conceived bar mitzvah and bat mitzvah preparation processes, rituals and celebrations lead to wonderful developmental outcomes such as these that we have identified through exit interviews with our program participants:



1.    Parents shift from stressed taskmasters to empowered family bar/bat mitzvah team members.
 

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