Topic Tags: mourning

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It’s Not About Letting Go

“what I really need to work on is letting in”
  • by Bonnie Gruszecki
grief, mourning
white hand holding lit candle in small glass jar

First Hanukkah Without Mom

“For the first time / I will miss / The Hanukkah lights”
  • by Twilla Tiferet Welch
grief, mourning
nine candles lit against black background

Prayer After the Death of a Difficult Person

“i am the rock that burst open”
  • by Devon Spier
grief, mourning
headstone with hebrew writing and stones on top

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
Death Takes a Seat Before She Takes to Flight

In This Place

“I want to know this: did God see you / trying as hard as you could / to live?”
  • by Amy Steingart
grief, mourning, yizkor
In This Place

You Can’t Bring Back the Dead

“You can’t bring them back, but you can learn their Torah”
  • by Rabbi Chaya Gusfield
family, grief, mourning, yizkor
You Can’t Bring Back the Dead

For Those Left Behind After a Suicide

“Help us feel the companionship of families, friends, ancestors and the Divine Presence”
  • by Rabbi Chaya Gusfield
grief, mourning, suicide
For Those Left Behind After a Suicide

Let No Soul Be Forgotten: Vigil Prayer Marking Two Years of COVID

“May the light of each soul shine on”

  • by Rabbi Annie Lewis
covid, mourning
Let No Soul Be Forgotten: Vigil Prayer Marking Two Years of COVID

Remembering My Beloveds

“I remember my beloveds daily”

  • by Rabbi Debra Smith
family, love, mourning
Remembering My Beloveds

Souls Have a Way of Living On

“Souls have a way of living on / Inside of us”

  • by Rabbi Shelly Barnathan
ancestors, heart, light, love, mourning
Souls Have a Way of Living On

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