Topic Tags: shloshim

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A poem to mark moments in a year of mourning.
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A poem for a yizkor or memorial service. When we remember our loved ones, we inscribe them upon the pages of our memory and they live on in us.

 
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Focusing one’s attention on the wildness of death reflected on the face of the mourner.

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A poem for shiva seeking comfort after a difficult loss
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Selecting verses from Psalms on the basis of the Hebrew name of the deceased

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A creative ritual to mark the end of shloshim

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A ceremony following or in lieu of Mincha (afternoon service)

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An article describing the custom of planting a tree in memory of a loved one

A Tree of Memory

The Reconstructionist Network

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