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Mourning and Mitzvah: A Guided Journal for Walking the Mourner's Path through Grief to Healing » (2 ED)

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Authors: Anne Brener
ISBN-13: 9781580231138, ISBN-10: 1580231136
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Jewish Lights Publishing
Date Published: May 2001
Edition: 2 ED

Author Biography: Anne Brener

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	Guidelines
	List of Exercises
	Kaddish de'Rabbanan: In Appreciation
	Foreword
	Introduction to the Second Edition
	Introduction
	Preface: My Time to Mourn; My Time to Dance	1
	Timeline: The Major Phases of the Jewish Year of Mourning	7
Pt. I	Tzimtzum: Contraction
1	Avelut (Mourning): The Mourner's Path	10
2	Hesped (Eulogy) and Truthtelling: Mourning as a Process	20
3	Mekom Hanekhama: Finding a Place of Comfort	32
4	B'tzelim Elohim (In God's Image): Before Covering the Mirror	42
5	The Shekhinah (God's Presence) at the Bedside: Remembering the Illness and the Death	58
6	Aninut (from Death to Burial): Suspended between Two Worlds	72
7	Shiva (First Seven Days of Mourning): A Community Embrace	86
Pt. II	Shevirat Kelim: The Breaking of Vessels
8	Keriah (Tearing of Cloth After Hearing News of the Death) and Deep Feelings: Rending the Garment to Expose the Heart	108
9	Keriah and Kaddish (The Mourner's Prayer): Keeping the Conversation Going to Heal the Hurt	134
10	Keriah and Prayer: Speaking Out from the Distress of Your Soul	152
Pt. III	Tikkun: Healing
11	Immortality in Olam Hazeh: Living On in the World of the Living	174
12	Olam Haneshamot: Immortality in the Next World: A Walk through the World of Souls	190
13	Matzevah (Monument of Tombstone): The unveiling: Raising the Curtain on the Rest of Your Life	204
14	Yizkor (Memorial Prayer), Yahrzeit (Anniversary of the Death), and the Cycle of Seasons	214
15	Shalom: Hello, Goodbye, and Peace	230
16	Those Who Say "Amen": How to Comfort the Bereaved	237
	Source Acknowledgments	247
	Glossary	250
	Books of Consult for Further Help	256
	About Jewish Lights	260

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Author Biography: Anne Brener

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