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“One day, maybe, the Kaddish won’t scrape my throat raw…”
Willow tree with drooping branches, lush green leaves, and sunlight filtering through, casting shadows on the ground.
An important new ritual for this sensitive shiva experience.
Ceramic pitcher and bowl with blue floral design, yellow soap, and folded towel on a white surface.
“I offer instead / my presence…”
sunbeams coming through the fog in the forest
A poem to mark moments in a year of mourning.
hourglass and calendar

Shiva service with humanist language

A stone with the word Remember rests on a mossy tree stump.

“May the lingering glow of our loved one’s soul guide us…”

A lit white candle on a wooden table, with a blurred background.

A poem on transforming mourning into dancing

Person in a white dress stands in a golden wheat field at sunset, with arms gently outstretched.

Caring for the body before a Jewish funeral

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