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…
Read articleFor 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…
Read articleChukat: 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…
Read articlePassing 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.…
Read articleAfter 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…
Read articleFire 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…
Read articleThis 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…
Read articleDiagnosis 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…
Read articleDiagnosis 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…
Read articleTo 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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