Rituals that can give meaning and comfort to the Jewish Sacred Aging journey.
A difficult prayer for a difficult moment. In classic Jewish tradition, this prayer includes a request for forgiveness from the one who is near death by those who made the decision to remove life support. It is brief, by design, so as not to prolong the moment for anyone. [Read more…]
New Jewish Sacred Aging contributing writer Rabbi Cheryl Weiner describes a new prospective ritual to honor the wisdom that comes with aging. [Read more…]
For Yom Kippur, Chaplain Barry Pitegoff offers a Yizkor prayer for COVID-19 victims. [Read more…]
Rabbi Richard F. Address, director of JewishSacredAging.com offers a virtual memorial service, El Molei Rachamim and the Mourner’s Kaddish. [Read more…]
Rabbi Jill Zimmerman offers a free workbook for reflection during Elul, the month preceding the Jewish High Holy Days. [Read more…]
The Forward has collected some new and reenvisioned prayers for the pandemic crisis. [Read more…]
Editor’s Note: Alden Solovy writes the “To Bend Light” blog, where this essay originally appeared. He gave Jewish Sacred Aging permission to reprint it here. Solovy was a guest on the Seekers of Meaning Podcast in July. You [Read more…]
In Jewish tradition, this period between Passover and the festival of Shavuot is referred to as the “omer”. This reflects back to Torah and the charge to take a cutting of barley each day between [Read more…]
A Pesach anecdote: when I became the Senior Rabbi at a large Miami congregation, among my many meetings with the Founding Rabbi Emeritus, the issue of the community Seder (though months away) became the focus [Read more…]
Our Jewish calendar provides us with time to remember those we have loved. On their Yarzheits, or anniversary of passing, our thoughts turn to our mothers or fathers, our sisters or brothers, our husbands or [Read more…]
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