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A Prayer for Losing a Friend Too Soon

“May his/her dreams / be fulfilled / in every one of our breaths…”
  • by Rabbi David G. Winship
friendship, grief, loss, mourning

Remembering a Sibling for Mourner’s Kaddish or Yizkor

“The death of a sibling too is unique. It ignites our own vivid / sense of mortality.”
  • by Jeffrey Schein
family, grief, kaddish, loss, mortality, sibling

Where I Live While in the Midst of a Move

“Sometimes I want to weep for the loss of so many…”
  • by Tiferet Welch
community, home, loss, moving

The Breaking of the Vessels

“In the ruins of the towers / we walked through daily / you would have found letters…” and added them up to find meaning
  • by Martin Golan
9/11, friendship, grief, kabbalah, loss

As Our People Grieve: The Silver Platter

Rabbi David Mark offers a teaching following the deaths of six hostages killed in Gaza.
  • by Rabbi David Mark (with a poem by Natan Alterman a'h)
grief, Israel, loss, war

Twilight

“I sit beside you / as twilight turns to night…”
  • by Elizabeth Tragash
grief, loss

God Will Gather Us In

Imagine that the whole world is God’s sukkah, and that we are all sheltered there.
  • by Rabbi Rachel Barenblat
audio, grief, loss, mourning, psalm 27, reflection, sukkah, writing

I Pleaded with God

“My mother was at peace, so I could be at peace.”
  • by Betty Shapiro
grief, loss, parent

Death Takes a Seat Before She Takes to Flight

“It’s a wonder / How comfort arrives: / From what source?”
  • by Tiferet Welch
death, loss, mourning, parent

Passing of a Beloved Pet

A prayer to say upon the death of a beloved pet

  • by Alden Solovy
animal companion, grief, loss, rainbow bridge

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