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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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