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October 6, 2019 0

A New ‘Al cheyt’ Prayer

A modern version of the "Al cheyt" confessional prayer compiled by Leonard H. Berman and inspired by Dennis Praeger. [Read more...]

Group of seniors enjoying each others' company

June 30, 2019 0

A Prayer For Making New Friends Upon Moving Into a Retirement Community

Rabbi Janet Madden, a certified Jewish Spiritual Director, shares a prayer for people starting a new life chapter in a retirement community. [Read more...]

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...]

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