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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.

A Woman's Kaddish

Offering an alternative to Orthodox women who cannot or prefer not to say kaddish [more]

Found In: Mourning & Bereavement

Tags: kaddish

Psalm 138: An Alternative to Kaddish

The spirit of this Psalm parallels the Mourner's Kaddish and, in translation, can be recited in non-gendered God-Language. [more]

Found In: Mourning & Bereavement

Tags: kaddish

A Ritual For Letting Go

A ritual for taking off a wedding ring [more]

Found In: Mourning & Bereavement

Tags: tzedakah, widow

Mourners' Kaddish for Everyday

A modern poetic interpretation [more]

Found In: Mourning & Bereavement

Tags: kaddish

Leaving Shloshim

A ceremony following or in lieu of Mincha (afternoon service) [more]

Found In: Mourning & Bereavement

Tags: candle lighting, handwashing, shloshim, tree planting

Four Things

Sounding a note of optimism [more]

Found In: Mourning & Bereavement

Tags: meditation

Acceptance

A poem of release and acceptance [more]

Found In: Mourning & Bereavement, Rosh Hashanah, Endings & Beginnings

Tags: tashlikh

A Tree of Memory

An article describing the custom of planting a tree in memory of a loved one [more]

Found In: Mourning & Bereavement

Tags: shloshim, tree planting

Kavod Ha’em – Honoring a Foremother

A ceremony which adapts traditional texts and facilitates an individualized ceremony to honor those whose memory we wish to perpetuate [more]

Found In: Mourning & Bereavement, Becoming an Elder

Tags: eshet hayil, kiddush, Lori Hope Lefkovitz, tzedakah, yahrzeit

Moving On: Yizkor and Life Lessons from the Book of Ruth

Reflections on the transformation of mourning to affirmation [more]

Found In: Mourning & Bereavement

Tags: Book of Ruth, Lori Hope Lefkovitz, yizkor