Posts tagged ‘love and loss’

On Lighting a Yizkor or Yartziet Candle

This is a simple new meditation, appropriate for both Yizkor and a Yartziet, to be said before or after lighting a memorial candle. The language is…

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For My Children as I Enter Hospice Care

This is prayer of contemplation and love for a difficult moment that forces a family to recognize the fragility of life and inevitability of death. It…

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Chukat: Living Waters

In Chukat, this week’s parasha, the prophet Miriam dies. After she’s buried, the scene abruptly shifts to the lack of water in the wilderness. We’re left…

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Passing of a Beloved Pet

When a beloved pet passes away, many of us struggle with the loss of a dear, loving presence, the loss of companionship and a true friend.…

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After an Accidental Death: A Yizkor Prayer

This is another in a series of focused yizkor prayers to help acknowledge particular circumstances surrounding the death of a loved one, such as: “In Memory…

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Fire and Water

Love and despair can be like fire. Truth can be like water, keeping the fires that fuel our emotions – the passions that make us human…

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This Watching, This Waiting (Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s or Dementia)

This is a prayer to be said by the spouse or partner of someone whose Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease or dementia has progressed to the point…

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Diagnosis with Parkinson’s Disease

This is a prayer to be said upon receiving the diagnosis of Parkinson’s Disease. This difficult disease contains a certain element of cruelty that’s addressed head…

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Diagnosis with Alzheimer’s or Dementia

Here’s a prayer to be said on receiving the difficult diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease or dementia. One of the ironies of this prayer is that it…

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To a Spouse/Partner on Diagnosis with Alzheimer’s or Parkinson’s Disease

How painful is it to know that you’ll slowly lose your memories, your personality, your understanding of who you are in this world? And how painful…

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