Meditation for Healing from Grieving
Based on the Parasha Lech L’cha, this meditation urges the mourner to move forward in life
Taking Out the Torah at a Funeral Service
A tradition honoring a Torah reader at a funeral
Prayer for Lighting the Shiva Candle
A prayer to be said before lighting the shiva candle
Lighting the Memorial Candle
A prayer to be said upon returning from the cemetery and lighting a memorial candle
For a Grandfather
A poem about the metaphorical seeds a grandfather sowed for his descendants
For a Parent
“Move to the front—of the line—a voice says…”
Memory of Joe and Others
A poem describing the ritual of removing the tzitzit from a dead person’s tallit and giving them to his or her beloveds prior to burial
Dirge Without Music
“I am not resigned to the shutting away of loving hearts in the hard ground./ So it is, and so it will be…”
Memorywork
“In the rising of the sun and in its going down, we remember them.”
Home
A poem describing the palpable absence of a dead mother
