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.
by Anne Brener
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While it follows the Jewish mourning process and tradition, this book is not just for Jews, but for all people who would gain strength to heal and insight from the Bible and teachings of Jewish tradition. "It is the best book on the subject that I have ever seen".--Rabbi Levi Meier, Ph.D. Over 60 guided meditations.
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Mourning & Mitzvah: A Guided Journal for Walking the Mourner's Path Through Grief to Healing
May 2001, Jewish Lights Publishing
Paperback
in English
- 2 ed edition
1580231136 9781580231138
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Mourning & mitzvah: a guided journal for walking the mourner's path through grief to healing : with over 60 guided exercises
2001, Jewish Lights Pub.
in English
- 2nd ed.
1580231136 9781580231138
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Mourning & mitzvah: a guided journal for walking the mourner's path through grief to healing
1993, Jewish Lights Pub.
in English
- 1st ed.
1879045230 9781879045231
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Book Details
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.
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