What follows is a compilation of things that I’ve picked up about mourning. I hope you find comfort. 💙rB • rabbi_brian@rotb.org *** – Grief – *** Grief is the final stage of love.Grief is love with no place to go. *** – Permission – *** Don’t worry about what you think you ought to […]
**My Mourning Neighbor** I walk home in the early evening light from using my friend Dave’s chop saw. I’ll later assemble the parts I’m carrying into a base for an abstract, stained-glass lamp I’ve been working on. Across the street from our Hamilton-blue Dutch Colonial, I see Nancy descend the flight of steps in front
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Rabbi Brian on Mourning What follows is a collection of the advice that I often give to people when they are facing a loss. These are my “go-to’s.” Take what you like and leave the rest. I hope you find comfort. -rB Permission There is no one correct way to mourn. Really.
Mourning. Memories. Blessings. Aaron Panken was the rabbi at my home synagogue when I graduated from Tufts University. He jumped me through the hoops necessary to get into rabbinical school. He died. Suddenly, in a plane crash. I am shaken, thrown off. Confused. When I first heard the news, I observed myself. Numb. In shock.
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This is an article about loss that was written by Frank Ostaseski, the founder of Zen Hospice Project in San Francisco. Loss Loss is the first period of grief, and it’s visceral. It’s like being punched in the belly. It takes your breath away. Even when death is expected, our bodies and minds can’t seem to take it
The 77% Weekly The 40/52-weeks-a-year, quick-reading, thought-lingering, spiritual-religious newsletter. Religion-Outside-The-Box (oldrotb.wpengine.com) is a donation supported not-for-profit empowering adults to find and be with (the) God (of their understanding). 5/40 From the desk of Rabbi Brian MOURNING I often counsel the bereaved. I’d like to pass along four bits of general advice that I give to
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Rabbi Brian talks about some sage advice he received about he got word of his father’s grave illness.
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The rabbi who had been working with Charley’s family was forced to leave when Charley — suffering from untreatable cancer — chose to schedule “death with dignity” for the following Tuesday. That rabbi’s rabbinical union dictated that they not officiate. “I got you,” I tell Norman when he, Charley, and I are on a
DOWNLOAD PDF What follows is a compilation of things that I’ve picked up about mourning. I hope you find comfort. 💙rB • rabbi_brian@rotb.org DOWNLOAD PDF *** – Grief – *** Grief is the final stage of love.Grief is love with no place to go. *** – Permission – *** Don’t worry about what you think
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