Hineni: The Power of Presence
When someone experiences true tragedy, it’s hard to know what to say. At a recent social event, a good friend and I shared how shocked
Rabbi Amy Grossblatt Pessah
When someone experiences true tragedy, it’s hard to know what to say. At a recent social event, a good friend and I shared how shocked
You might not have heard of Shmini Atzeret, but here’s why it matters and what new meaning you can gain from it.
The purpose of the shiva is to comfort the bereaved individual or family, there are a few basic steps for when you attend one.
There is a custom of learning and reciting chapters of Mishnah as part of the mourning process. Where does this come from? How does this work?
One mourning practice is to use the first letters of chapters of Mishnah to spell out the name of the deceased. Here is a list to help.
Tisha B’Av at camp is unlike anywhere else in the Jewish world. So why does Tisha B’Av get so much play at camp?
While there are no specific rituals for mourning a miscarriage, there are practices and rituals to use in that time that can help healing.
Yom HaZikaron is different this year. Our troops are still falling and getting wounded. The sense of loss and mourning is not theoretical.
Rabbi Rackover reflects on Yom HaZikkaron and Yom HaAtzmaut: For the first time, my daughter was afraid to share her Jewish identity. My heart broke.
Pulling on a conversation between Stephen Colbert and Anderson Cooper about mourning, learn about how mourning can change you.
When our loved ones die, who remembers those they remembered? Here’s a way to remember all of those that came before us.
A rabbi, familiar with leading others through the process of mourning, goes through the same. Rabbi David Baum remembers his mother.
Saying Kaddish for a loved one is a cherished and prized custom, but it is not the only way to remember and honor the lives of loved ones.
Yahrzeit should be a day given over to remembering and honoring an individual for whom one once sat shivah and is learning to live without.
Yizkor consists of a collection of readings and recitations revolving around two central prayers: Yizkor prayers, and the El Malei Rachamim.
Tombstone customs in Judaism stem from the religious obligation to mark a grave. This is traditionally done with tombstones or stone markers.
The period from the time of death until burial is known as aninut – the customs of the mourners during the initial stages of bereavement.
Shloshim are the thirty days that follows the week of shivah and is considered a period of reduced mourning.
The word shivah refers to the seven days of mourning that follow the burial of a parent, child, sibling, or spouse.
The Memorial Service, Yizkor, is recited on Yom Kippur, one of four times throughout the year, to remember loved ones and Jewish martyrs.
Counting the omer reflects the agricultural dimension of Passover and Shavuot and this is how we observe sefirat haomer today.