Topic Tags: kaddish

“The death of a sibling too is unique. It ignites our own vivid / sense of mortality.”

The Reconstructionist version of the Mourner’s Kaddish.

“They will sing to you melodies of ascent…”

“Blessed be the soul / As it leaves the Temple of body…”

“Now, your breath is within me. / And Kaddish is like a love letter.” 

Elliott batTzedek shares an original interpretation of the Kaddish.

Rabbi Marina Yergin shares a new ritual for mourning.

“We are in mourning; / our people are in mourning; / collectively we are sitting shiva.”

“Blessed is God, Ruler of the Universe, who created people with disabilities in Your image. / Blessed is God, who cherishes disabled lives and desires that they flourish and thrive.”