Join my Kaddish Club

Like many who have lost a parent, I have taken on the daily obligation to recite the mourners’ kaddish in honor of my father’s memory. And, like many other mourners, I have found that while this is a moving moment of memory and awe, it isn’t always easy for some of us to find the […]

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New Moon Meditation on Mourning, Mystery, Moments of Now.

I’ve been reading through a collection of books on mourning, grief, kaddish and the spiritual doorway that death provides. This quote caught my eye today – on the new moon that is erupting, with hopes of spring and renewal.  Today according to a minority opinion of the rabbinic sages is the day on which we […]

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