An edition of Mourning & mitzvah (1993)

Mourning & mitzvah

a guided journal for walking the mourner's path through grief to healing : with over 60 guided exercises

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An edition of Mourning & mitzvah (1993)

Mourning & mitzvah

a guided journal for walking the mourner's path through grief to healing : with over 60 guided exercises

2nd ed.
  • 4.0 (1 rating) ·
  • 1 Have read

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Publisher
Jewish Lights Pub.
Language
English
Pages
259

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Table of Contents

Preface: My time to mourn; my time to dance
Timeline: the major phases of the Jewish year of mourning
Avelut (mourning): the mourner's path
Hesped (euology) and truthtelling: mourning as a process
Mekom hanekhama: finding a place of comfort
B'tzelim Elohim (in God's image): before covering the mirror
The shekhinah (God's presence) at the bedside: remembering the illness and the death
Aninut (from death to burial): suspended between two worlds
Shiva (first seven days of mourning): a community embrace
Keriah (tearing of cloth after hearing news of the death) and deep feelings: rending the garment to expose the heart
Keriah and kaddish (the mourner's prayer): keeping the conversation going to heal the hurt
Keriah and prayer: speaking out from distress of your soul
Immortality in Olam hazeh: living on in the world of the living
Olam haneshamot: immortality in the next world: a walk through the world of souls
Matzevah (monument or tombstone): the unveiling: raising the curtain on the rest of your life
Yizkor (memorial prayer), yahrzeit (anniversary of the death), and the cycle of seasons
Shalom: hello, goodbye, and peace.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references.

Published in
Woodstock, Vt
Other Titles
Mourning and mitzvah

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
296.4/45
Library of Congress
BM712 .B7 2001, BM712.B7 2001

The Physical Object

Pagination
xxxii, 259 p. ;
Number of pages
259

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL24929686M
Internet Archive
mourningmitzvahg00bren
ISBN 10
1580231136
ISBN 13
9781580231138
LCCN
2001029480
OCLC/WorldCat
46785096

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