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December 26, 2018 0

Inherent in Prayer is TIKVAH

I heard this somewhere and it has stuck with me because when I hear people say, “What good is prayer?” it makes me wonder if people didn’t pray, how could/would they [Read more...]

Eighth Night Menorah (Scazon Photo/Flickr.com, under Creative Commons License)

December 12, 2018 0

A Ritual to Mark the End of Hanukkah, from Rabbi Susan Elkodsi

Rabbi Susan Elkodsi of the Malverne Jewish Center in Malverne, NY contributes a ritual to mark the end of Hanukkah, much as the Havdalah service marks the end of Shabbat. [Read more...]

Cenotaph of Jacob at the Tomb of the Patriarchs. By A ntv - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, Link

November 5, 2018 0

Toldot D’var Torah, New York Jewish Spiritual Care Collaborative, Wednesday, November 7, 2018

Chaplain Barry Pitegoff shares his thoughts on Parsha Toldot. [Read more...]

October 31, 2018 0

Guest Essay: Taharot in Pittsburgh

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 [Read more...]

September 24, 2018 0

Meet Your Chaplain

Chaplain Barry Pitegoff, a new contributor to JewishSacredAging.com, discusses the role of the hospital chaplain in the caregiving process. [Read more...]

Masada National Park, , Israel - Wednesday November 30, 2011, Copyright º Steve Lubetkin (stevelubetkinphotography.com). Used by permission.

July 31, 2018 2

Morning Service: A Creative Ritual from Len Berman

Len Berman of Congregation M'kor Shalom in Cherry Hill, NJ shares a morning prayer service ritual that he uses. [Read more...]

Arc De Triomphe, Paris, vintage photo effect. Steve Lubetkin Photo, Copyright ©2013. Used by permission.

December 21, 2015 0

Live and Let Live…My Prayer for 2016

I awoke to the morning news As outrageous grief and fear grips an iconic city, any city, the world. I see images reminiscent to days of old That I am too young to know Yet [Read more...]

"Joan Rivers" by David Shankbone via Flickr.com. Used under Creative Commons 2.0 license.

September 18, 2014 0

Guest Post from Sandy Taradash: Has the World Gone to Hell in a Hand Bag? Joan Rivers might say, “If it’s Gucci, that’s ok!”

A High Holiday Message… Sounds like a joke right out of Joan Rivers’ joke box. She always wanted us to laugh in spite of what we were dealing with, to show us we were not [Read more...]

February 28, 2013 0

Sprituality and Aging – Commentary from Rabbi Lawrence Kotok

In beginning – I was asked this past year to participate in planning a conference on seniors and spirituality and then to offer the keynote address. Today I would like to [Read more...]

July 29, 2010 0

Reflections on Aging

I am part of the generation born during WW II, who now look in the mirror and are startled by the realization that even we are aging. The youngest of us has already reached [Read more...]

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