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"This guide is an easy go-to for parents to learn how to care for infants, toddlers, and children on Shabbat and Yom Tov. Based on real-life situations and informed by the author's shul and chaplaincy experiences as well as her life as a mom, this guidebook offers to-the-point halachic guidance paired with meaningful spiritual reflections. The content itself generally follows the timeline of Shabbat and holidays, with additional pastoral resources on self-care for parents and spirituality in parenting"--
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Alissa Thomas-Newborn is a rabbanit, chaplain, and mom. You can find her providing spiritual care at NewYork-Presbyterian Columbia University Irving Medical Center and serving as the Rabbanit at Congregation Netivot Shalom in Teaneck, NJ. She is a graduate of Yeshivat Maharat, a Board Certified Chaplain and now president of NAJC (Neshama: Association of Jewish Chaplains), and a Brandeis grad. From 2014 to 2022, Rabbanit Alissa served as the Rabbanit at B' nai David-Judea Congregation in Los Angeles. She lives in Teaneck with her husband, Akiva, and their two children, Ella Liora and Liam Noach.
