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Death & Mourning in Judaism
The Jewish Traditions & Practice relating to Death and Mourning
Our tradition encompasses all of life, day and night, light and dark. Even in the most difficult of situations--the imminent and then actual loss of a loved one--our Torah is there to strengthen us, to guide us, and to help us grow and see beyond our ...
Lifecycles » Death & Mourning in Judaism
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How could tragedy come to the wedding?
By Tzvi Freeman
Question: Why would G‑d take a father by a massive heart attack as he's dancing at his daughter's wedding? None of the upwards of 50 Rabbis at the wedding could save my brother-in-law, nor could the doctors. I don't understand how this can happen. I ...
Ask the Rabbi » Latest Questions » Advice » How could tragedy come to the wedding?
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How Does One Cope With Bereavement?
By Nissan Dovid Dubov
It is natural to ask the question "why?" in a time of anguish. One general answer, which is really self-evident though often hard to accept in a state of emotional distress, is that it is surely illogical to limit the Creator in His designs and actions ...
Ideas & Beliefs » Basics of Judaism » Key Jewish FAQ's » How Does One Cope With Bereavement?
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The Reincarnated Prince
By Tuvia Bolton
For two hours every day he would lock himself in his room and no one, not even the King himself, was allowed to enter or disturb him in any way. It was on this condition that he accepted the task of teaching the prince...
Library » Stories » Chassidic » The Reincarnated Prince
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Grief
By Jay Litvin
If I can buffer my grief or save it for only those to whom I am "really close", I do. If I can deflect it or distract it by anger or politics, I do. But recently I wrote to a colleague mourning the murder of a friend, only to realize that I was speaking ...
Society & Living » Voices » Endurance » Grief
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Does G-d Care When I'm Sad?
By Chana Weisberg
Or perhaps it's the other way around: we care, simply and only, because You, G-d, care
Society & Living » Voices » G-d and Us » Does G-d Care When I'm Sad?
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Memory and Loss
By Tzvi Freeman
"Remembrence" as a way to deal with the most painful of losses
Lifecycles » Death & Mourning » Library » Essays & Readings » Memory and Loss
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Public Pain
is more bearable--and its recovery more certain
The Rebbe » Wisdom » Letters » Public Pain
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1988: Passing of the Rebbetzin
From a letter by the Rebbe When a close relative passes away, according to G-d’s will, those that remain here cannot see him anymore with their eyes or hear him with their ears. However, the soul in the World of Truth does see and hear, and when it sees ...
The Rebbe » Life » Timeline Biography » 1988: Passing of the Rebbetzin
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Consolation
By Yanki Tauber
When you're feeling sad, do you go to your father or to your mother? Is it transcendence that you seek, or the solacing embrace that assures us that nothing is meaningless, that everything we are and feel can be borne, inhabited and redeemed?
Jewish Holidays » The Three Weeks » Insights » Consolation
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