ABCs of Death & Mourning
by Mrs. Lori PalatnikHow to cope with the emotional and spiritual issues a person faces at this difficult time.
How to cope with the emotional and spiritual issues a person faces at this difficult time.
Practical ideas for helping to ease someone through the mourning process.
A one-page primer on how to comfort a mourner.
The power of Mishnah study to raise the level of a departed soul.
How the traditional Jewish words in comforting a mourner can go to the deepest place.
What is the right thing to say to someone who is in deep pain? Jewish tradition offers insight into comforting those who need it most.
In this wisely conceived, graduated process of mourning, Judaism raises up the mourner from the abyss of despair to the normalcy of daily life.