Gamliel Institute – Course 2 – Tahara and Shmira
Course 2 of the Gamliel Institute is Tahara and Shmira – Ritual Washing and Guarding.
Tuition for Course 2 is $1,000
To register go to the Gamliel Institute Course 2 Registration Form
To pay for the course go to the credit card payment page
For more information contact David Zinner or Stuart Kelman
Part A – Tahara Essentials and Study – On-site – Conference & Post Conference |
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Tahara Track & Plenary Sessions |
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Sunday |
Workshop 1 |
2:10-4:10 |
Tahara Demonstration – coordinated by Rick Light |
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Workshop 2 |
4:20-6:20 |
Tahara Q & A |
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Plenary 2 |
7:30-8:30 |
Rabbi Arnold Goodman – 35 years after Plain Pine Box |
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Monday June 7
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Plenary 3 |
8:30-9:30 |
Richard Fishman – The Future of Cemeteries |
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Workshop 3 |
9:40-11:40 |
Complicated Tahara – Dr. Michael Slater |
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Plenary 4 |
12:35-1:35 |
Lunch Speaker – Simcha Raphael – A Guide To The Afterlife For Contemporary Hevra Kaddisha Practice |
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Workshop 4 |
1:40-3:40 |
Processing Emotions – Rabbi Mel Glazer |
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Workshop 5 |
3:50-5:50 |
Mortuary Manuals – David Sclar |
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8:15-10:00 |
Cremation Round Table |
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Plenary 5 |
7:00-8:00 |
Rabbi Mel Glazer – Caring for the Caregivers |
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Tuesday June 8 |
Plenary 6 |
8:30-9:30 |
Green Burial and Green Cemeteries |
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Workshop 6 |
10:00-Noon |
Organ & Tissue Donation |
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Gamliel 1 |
1:30-5:30 |
Tahara – Manuals and Tefila – David Sclar and Rabbi Stuart Kelman |
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6:00-7:30 |
Gamliel – Dinner |
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Gamliel 2 |
8:00-10:00 |
Tahara Q & A – David Zinner |
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Wednesday June 9 |
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7:00-8:00 |
Gamliel – Breakfast |
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Gamliel 3 |
8:00-12:00 |
Infection Control – Reps from the CDC |
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12:00-1:00 |
Gamliel – Lunch |
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Course 2 – Tahara Essentials and Study – Detailed Outline
Part A
I. Tahara Demonstration – Coordinated by Rick Light
II. Complicated Tahara – Dr. Michael Slater
A. tubes and medical devices
B. bleeding
C. smell
D. suicide
E. autopsy
F. organ donation
III. Processing Emotions after Tahara – Rabbi Mel Glazer
IV. Tahara Manuals – Dr. David Sclar and Rabbi Stuart Kelman
A. History and Development
1. How are they used
a. Reader from a book
b. Reader from wall poster
c. Read in unison
d. Study
2. Provenance and distribution
3. Examples
a. Chicago – Jewish Sacred Society
b. New Haven
c. Kelman
d. Web site
4. Variations in tefila
5. Creation of new manuals
6. Availability of existing manuals
1. Understanding the meaning
a. terminology
2. What are the sources
3. When do we say them
a. before, during and after Rechitza,
b. Tahara
c. Halbasha b’tachrichim
d. closing ritual
4. kavanah
5. following the rosh
6. Variations
a. Ashkenazi and Sephardi
b. Orthodox and non-Orthodox
7. Gender appropriate language
V. Tahara Training Q & A – David Zinner
A. Review
1. Rechitza
a. supplies
b. adhesives, bandages, pads, tubes, stitches, tape
c. soap
d. internal cleansing
e. ears
f. nails
g. hair
h. bed sores
i. tubes
j. bleeding
k. false teeth, prosthetics
2. Purification
a. pouring
i. supine – boards
ii. wedge
iii. standing
b. mikvah
i. mechanical lift
ii. automated lift
3. Halbasha b’Tachrichim – Dressing in Burial Garments
a. Gamliel
b. number of pieces
c. socks vs. feet sewn shut
d. single pieces
e. kittel used for Yom Kippur
f. removing metal
g. tallit
h. kippah
i. tying knots
j. Afar – dirt or sand from Israel
k. gerblach – pottery
l. wine or vinegar with egg wash
m. Lifts and pulleys
B. Special Minhagim
1. internal cleansing
2. mikvah vs. nine kavim
3. egg white & vinegar
4. sherblach – pottery
5. gerblach – sticks
C. Learning the techniques
1. video
2. mannequin
3. observing
4. apprentice to another CK
5. first time
6. veterans of other minhagim
VI. Tahara Safety Review – CDC representative
A. Infection control
1. types of infections
2. how infections spread
B. barrier protection
C. Vaccination
D. Lifting correctly
Part B (on-line)
VII. Tahara Spirituality
A. Transformative Power of Tahara and Shmira
B. Meaning and Purpose of Tahara Rituals
VIII. Tahara Tradition
A. History and Sources
B. Tahor and Tameh
C. Tahara Responsa
IX. Tachrichim
A. History and Sources
B. Aron – Casket
X. Tahara Review
XI. Shmira – Guarding
XII. Tahara Facilities
A. Funeral Director and Funeral Homes
1. Cooperation
2. Problems
B. Home Tahara