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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.

Closing the Apartment

By Rabbi Richard Hirsh | Article

Developing a ritual for the dissolution of a home [more]

Found In: Mourning & Bereavement, Endings & Beginnings, Growing Older

Meditation for Healing from Grieving

By Ariel Neshama Lee | Prayer

Based on the Parasha Lech L’cha, this meditation urges the mourner to move forward in life [more]

Found In: Mourning & Bereavement, Torah Portion: Parashah

Tags: meditation

Prayer for Lighting the Shiva Candle

By Rabbi Arnold Stiebel | Prayer

A prayer to be said before lighting the shiva candle [more]

Found In: Mourning & Bereavement

Tags: memorial candle lighting, shiva

For a Grandfather

By Dana Shuster | Poem

A poem about the metaphorical seeds a grandfather sowed for his descendants [more]

Found In: Mourning & Bereavement

For a Parent

By Linda Pastan | Poem

"Move to the front—of the line—a voice says..." [more]

Found In: Mourning & Bereavement

Home

By Alexandra Grilikhes | Poem

A poem describing the palpable absence of a dead mother [more]

Found In: Mourning & Bereavement

The Five Stages of Grief

By Linda Pastan | Poem

A poem about the journey of grief [more]

Found In: Mourning & Bereavement

Kaddish, Re-valued

By Sheri Lindner | Prayer

An original interpretation of the Kaddish, illuminating the idea of God. [more]

Found In: Mourning & Bereavement

Tags: kaddish

For Women of Valor, Past and Present

By Pat Barr z”l, Rabbi Fredi Cooper, and Lori Lefkovitz | Reading

A modern version of the traditional Kabbalat Shabbat reading to honor those we admire and value [more]

Found In: Mourning & Bereavement, Friday Evening

Tags: eshet hayil, yizkor

Baby Brother's Gone to Heaven

By Anne-Lynne Keplar | Article

Description by a mother of her six-year-old son's response to the death of his stillborn brother [more]

Found In: Fertility, Pregnancy & Adoption, Mourning & Bereavement, Pregnancy Loss

Tags: loss of a child, miscarriage