Tahara Manuals – Kavod v'Nichum – Jewish Funerals, Burial and Mourning

Title	Author	Chevra Kadisha	Date Published	Notes
Chesed Shel Emet	Rabbi Stuart Kelman and Dan Fendel		2013	3rd Edition, Excellent for teaching and studying taharah liturgy
To Midwife A Soul	Rick Light	Chevra Kadisha of Northern New Mexico	2020	6th Edition, Includes chanting by Rabbi Shefa Gold, Taharah Ruchanit, and non-binary liturgy; excellent for use in the taharah room
Tahara Manual of Practices	Rabbi Mosha Epstein	Bridgeport, CT	3rd Ed, 2005
Handbook for Hevra Kadisha Members	Lynn Greenhough		2008	This is not a manual laying out the taharah liturgy. Rather it is a compilation of practices.
Practices and Policies of the Chevra Kadisha of Northern New Mexico	Rick Light	Chevra Kadisha of Northern New Mexico	Sep 2013
Tahara Guide		Kehilath Jeshurun New York, NY
Toward a Gender-Inclusive Hevra Kadisha		Community Hevra Kadisha of Greater Boston	2020
Taharah Manual	Rabbi Regina Sandler-Phillips	Park Slope Jewish Center Hevra Kadisha Brooklyn, NY	September 2009 – 2nd Edition updated 2014 revises the December 2005 first edition

Guide to Taharah Practices – Men		Ohr Kodesh Funeral Practices Committee Chevy Chase, MD	5763
Guide to Taharah Practices – Women		Ohr Kodesh Funeral Practices Committee Chevy Chase, MD	5764
Reconstructionist Tahara Handbook for Women and Men		Adat Shalom Chevra Kadisha	2005
Taharah Demo PowerPoint (download)	Rick Light	Developed for teaching at conferences and community educational events.	2006, updated 2016