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Mourning & Bereavement

Traditional Jewish mourning practices are designed to help us bear our grief. But sometimes, we need something more: a poem that captures our imagination, a creative ritual that addresses the particularity of our grief, a song that speaks to our heart. May you find a measure of comfort in your time of need.

Prayer After Loss of Pregnancy or Stillbirth

Praying for healing after the devastating loss of a pregnancy [more]

Found In: Mourning & Bereavement, Pregnancy Loss

Tags: miscarriage, stillbirth

Ritual for a Widow to Remove Her Wedding Ring

Ceremony with friends and officiant including song and a ritual handwashing [more]

Found In: Mourning & Bereavement

Tags: Debbie Friedman, handwashing, widow

A Kavanah for a Widowhood Journey

A prayer for the year of mourning and the journey of widowhood [more]

Found In: Mourning & Bereavement

Tags: widow

Excerpts from Walking Through the Valley of the Shadow: When a Jewish Child Dies

Advice for coping with the devastating loss of a child [more]

Found In: Mourning & Bereavement

Tags: loss of a child, yahrzeit

Traveling the Mourner's Path

A ritual on concluding a year of saying kaddish [more]

Found In: Mourning & Bereavement

Tags: kaddish

Reclaiming the Mourner's Path

An article about the power of traditional mourning practices for healing and an idea for a new ritual [more]

Found In: Mourning & Bereavement

Women and Kaddish

An article discussing the issues around Orthodox women saying kaddish [more]

Found In: Mourning & Bereavement

Tags: kaddish

Prelude to Kaddish

Preparing to say Kaddish for an abusive parent on the occasion of their yahrzeit [more]

Found In: Mourning & Bereavement, Healing from Trauma & Abuse

Tags: yahrzeit

Mikveh and Mourning

A creative ritual to mark the end of shloshim [more]

Found In: Mourning & Bereavement

Tags: mikveh, shloshim