• Publisher's Preface
  1. Foreword
  2. Introduction: How We Came To Write This Book

• About Our Maximalist Approach

• Chapter 3: Practicalities (Organization And Creativity)
  1. Introduction
  2. Being Organized
  3. Four Women's Schedules
  4. Filling Your Week With Shabbat

• Chapter 3: Practicalities (Preparing Your Home)
  1. Cleaning
  2. Laundry For Families
  3. Electrical Devices And Appliances
  4. The Eruv: Carrying On Shabbat
  5. Dishwashing On Shabbat
  6. Opening Packages
  7. Remember

• Chapter 3: Practicalities (Pre-Shabbat Meals)
  1. Thursday Dinner And Friday Lunch
  2. Late Afternoon Snacks

• Chapter 3: Practicalities (Baby And Toddler Care On Shabbat)
  1. Daily Routine Changes
  2. General Health Care Principles
  3. Breast Feeding
  4. Food Preparation
  5. Holidays And Shabbat Food Preparation
  6. Bathing And Washing
  7. Cleaning Up After A Baby
  8. Diapers
  9. Walks
  10. Baby-Sitters
  11. Toys And Games
  12. Education For Mitzvot Observance

• Chapter 3: Practicalities (Your Personal Preparations)
  1. Mikva And Shabbat
  2. Clothing
  3. Headcoverings
  4. Personal Grooming

• Chapter 3: Practicalities (Ushering Shabbat In And Out)
  1. Ushering Shabbat In
  2. Dressing The Children
  3. Late Shabbatot
  4. Ushering Shabbat Out

• Chapter 3: Practicalities (Your Pre-Shabbat Checklist)
  1. Home Related Tasks
  2. List appliances:
  3. Food-Related Tasks
  4. Food-Preparation Appliances
  5. Personal Preparations
  6. List Your Personal Appliances

• Chapter 3: Practicalities (Housework Permitted On Shabbat)

• Chapter 3: Practicalities (Afterward: When Things Go Wrong)

• Chapter 5.: The Mitzva Of Hospitality: Being A Host (The Importance Of The Mitzva)

• Chapter 5.: The Mitzva Of Hospitality: Being A Host (Starting Out)
  1. How To Begin And With Whom
  2. When And How To Invite Guests

• Chapter 5.: The Mitzva Of Hospitality: Being A Host (Impediments To Inviting Guests)
  1. Major Inconveniences
  2. All-Shabbat (Sleepover) Guests
  3. Notes on some practicalities of hosting overnight guests:
  4. Could Ruin Your Shabbat
  5. Tiredness
  6. "Just The Family"
  7. A Fountain Of Yiddishkeit
  8. The Fear Of Being Judged:
     Your Cooking & Your Ego

• Chapter 5.: The Mitzva Of Hospitality: Being A Host (Keeping Your Hospitality Growing)
  1. Recall The Importance Of The Mitzva And Its Effect On Others
  2. Remember Your Good Times
  3. Pace Yourself

• Chapter 5.: The Mitzva Of Hospitality: Being A Host (Handling Problematic Guests)
  1. Invite Only Sincerely
  2. Bores
  3. Alienated Jews
  4. Hostile Relatives
  5. Shy Strangers
  6. Uninformed Guests
  7. Conclusion: Who Shall We Invite?

• Chapter 5.: The Mitzva Of Hospitality: Being A Host (Singles As Hosts)

• Chapter 5.: The Mitzva Of Hospitality: Being A Host (Guidelines For Hosts And Hostesses)

• Partial Glossary