{"title":"Rabbi Joel H Baron","description":"\u003cp\u003eRABBI JOEL H. BARON is a rabbi and hospice chaplain ordained in 2014 at age 71 by Hebrew College in Newton, Massachusetts. He is the co-translator and annotator, with Rabbi Sara Paasche-Orlow, of \u003cem\u003eDeathbed Wisdom of the Hasidic Masters: The Book of Departure and Caring for People at the End of Life\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAccording to an informal survey by Hebrew College, Baron was the oldest newly ordained rabbi in North America at the time of his ordination. Before entering the rabbinate, he served as publisher of the North American edition of \u003cem\u003eThe Lancet\u003c\/em\u003e and the \u003cem\u003eNew England Journal of Medicine\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBaron has served as hospice chaplain at Hebrew SeniorLife Hospice Care in Boston and as interfaith chaplain at Orchard Cove in Canton, Massachusetts.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRabbi Joel H Baron’s books are published by Jewish Lights, an imprint of Turner Publishing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBrowse more: \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/books-new-releases\"\u003eNew Releases\u003c\/a\u003e · \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/award-winning-books\"\u003eAward-Winning Books\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"deathbed-wisdom-of-the-hasidic-masters","title":"Deathbed Wisdom of the Hasidic Masters: The Book of Departure and Caring for People at the End of Life","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDeath is a time of life that holds meaning for the dying, their family and friends, their community—and us.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cblockquote\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Most of Torah's teaching is about how to live. But there is a special section within its wisdom that also speaks to us about how to die. Since we are all mortals, our lives fashioned somehow around the awareness that death is inevitably to come, this is one of the important lessons…. There is something profound to be learned about the way of dying, and it is best learned from the wisdom and stories of those who have gone before us.\"\u003cbr\u003e—from the Foreword\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\u003cp\u003eStudents of the Hasidic masters wrote down the stories of the last months, days, hours and moments of the lives of their rebbes. A compilation of their experiences, called \u003cem\u003eThe Book of Departure\u003c\/em\u003e (\u003cem\u003eSefer haHistalkut\u003c\/em\u003e), first published in Hebrew in 1930, brings together the rich end-of-life stories of forty-two holy men who died between 1760 and 1904, as well as their philosophical forebearer, Isaac Luria. Featuring new pastoral commentary in a unique facing-page format, this English presentation of heart-touching deathbed tales sheds light on Jewish traditions about death, the afterlife and how to care for people in their final days.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!-- amazon-buylink --\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003csmall\u003eWe earn a commission for purchases made through the following links.\u003c\/small\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/1580238505\/ref=nosim?tag=tpcecomm-20\" rel=\"sponsored nofollow\"\u003eshop for this title at Amazon\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c!-- \/amazon-buylink --\u003e\u003c!-- bookshop-buylink --\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/book\/9781580238502\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003eshop for this title at Bookshop.org\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c!-- \/bookshop-buylink --\u003e","brand":"Rabbi Joel H Baron","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43233307853016,"sku":"9781580238502","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43233307885784,"sku":"9781683360230","price":27.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0563\/7786\/8475\/files\/9781580238502_FC_mockup_v2_1740149531_40841631-c147-4ba4-9b3d-3afb24e71291.jpg?v=1791017247"}],"url":"https:\/\/turnerpublishing.com\/collections\/author-rabbi-joel-h-baron.oembed","provider":"Turner Publishing","version":"1.0","type":"link"}