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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

A Psalm for Mourning

“I cannot tear it all down, / rip out the broken heart of it, / and be done with it.”
  • by Terry Boyle
grief, mourning, psalm

The Raw Material of the Notes During the Month of Av

“May the cries of every neshama / Be rendered into / Notes of comfort…”
  • by Tiferet Welch
mourning, redemption, tikkun olam, video

It’s Not About Letting Go

“what I really need to work on is letting in”
  • by Bonnie Gruszecki
grief, mourning

First Hanukkah Without Mom

“For the first time / I will miss / The Hanukkah lights”
  • by Twilla Tiferet Welch
grief, mourning

Prayer After the Death of a Difficult Person

“i am the rock that burst open”
  • by Devon Spier
grief, mourning

Sackcloth: A Poem for Tisha B’Av

“her presence undimmed but hidden as the new moon”
  • by Rabbi Janet Madden
mourning, Shekhinah, tisha b'av, women

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

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

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

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