Jewish Pastoral Care : A Practical Handbook from Traditional and Contemporary Sources Book

	Acknowledgments
	Introduction: Hitlavut Ruchanit: Spiritual Accompanying
	The Gift of Healing Relationship: A Theology of Jewish Pastoral Care	3
	Bikur Cholim: A Paradigm for Pastoral Caring	16
	Wresting Blessings: A Pastoral Response to Suffering	35
	PaRDeS: A Model for Presence in Hitlavut Ruchanit	60
	Foundations of Jewish Pastoral Care: Skills and Techniques	77
	Jewish Spiritual Assessment	104
	Prayer and Presence	125
	From the Depths: The Use of Psalms	150
	Spiritual Nurture for Jewish Pastoral Caregivers	172
	Jewish Spiritual Care in the Acute Care Hospital	187
	Preparing for the Chupah: Premarital Counseling	205
	Responding to Domestic Violence	237
	Confronting Addiction	264
	Letting Their Faces Shine: Accompanying Aging People and Their Families	286
	Walking in the Valley of the Shadow: Caring for the Dying and Their Loved Ones	317
	Grief and Bereavement	342
	Trauma: A Jewish Pastoral Response	375
	Para-Chaplaincy: A Communal Response to the Ill and Suffering	396
	Glossary	410
	Index of Terms and Concepts	413
	Index of Classical Sources Cited (Biblical and Rabbinic)	421
	About Jewish Lights	427