Supporting Jewish families and community after child loss
Holiday times can often be the roughest terrain to navigate after a loss. Every person copes differently with the painful feelings of bereavement and of missing loved ones especially during these days of celebration. Remember there is no right or wrong way to handle the holiday when facing our grief. […]
These holy days of Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur can often be difficult days, especially for those who have suffered loss. These are days when we often reminisce about past years. It is also a time we look toward the future. We know how painful it can be when we […]
In the past I never took careful note of the great Torah personalities who themselves experienced child loss. But now, after enduring this tragedy myself, discovering this fact about these great individuals, I often wonder how this experience may have affected their outlook on life. A few of examples of […]
How many shofar blasts must be heard on Rosh Hashana? The search for the answer to this question led the Sages to a most unlikely personality. One hundred blasts of the shofar are based on the one hundred cries of the mother of Sisera (Talmud Rosh Hashana 33b). Sisera’s mother […]
“Light one candle for the strength that we need” “Light one candle for those who are suffering” (‘Light one Candle’, Chanukah Song) On the fifth night of Chanukah a unique Menorah lighting was held a few hundred meters from Tzomet HaGush. Exactly three weeks after the murder of Ezra […]
When offering words of comfort to a mourner we reference the destruction of the Temple. The traditional invocation expresses our wish that the mourner be comforted “among the mourners of Zion and Jerusalem.” It is generally understood that the two are connected because they both represent intense sadness and great […]
There is a meaningful custom of visiting the graves of our loved ones during the period surrounding Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur. What thoughts should enter our hearts and minds when we make this visit? We can gain an insight from a thought-provoking Talmudic teaching. The Talmud says that one […]
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