A Time To Mourn, a Time To Comfort (2nd Edition): A Guide to Jewish Bereavement
When someone dies, there are so many questions--from what to do in the moment of grief, to how to deal with the practical details of the funeral, to spiritual concerns about the meaning of life and death. This indispensable guide to Jewish mourning and comfort provides traditional and modern insights into every aspect of loss. In a new, easy-to-use format, this classic resource is full of wise advice to help you cope with death and comfort others when they are bereaved.
Dr. Ron Wolfson take you step by step through the mourning process, including the specifics of funeral preparations, preparing the home and family to sit shiva, and visiting the grave. Special sections deal with helping young children grieve, mourning the death of an infant or child, and more.
Wolfson captures the poignant stories of people in all stages of grieving--children, spouses, parents, rabbis, friends, non-Jews--and provides new strategies for reinvigorating and transforming the Jewish ways we mourn, grieve, and carry on with our lives after the death of a loved one.
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Book details
- Author
- Ron Wolfson
- Imprint
- Jewish Lights, an imprint of Turner Publishing Company
- Published
- Formats
- Paperback, Hardcover
- Subjects
- Religion › Judaism › Rituals & Practice
Family & Relationships › Death, Grief, Bereavement
Self-Help › Death, Grief, Bereavement - Topics
- Jewish mourning · grief and bereavement · shiva · funeral customs · Jewish rituals · death and dying · comforting the bereaved
- ISBN-13
- 9781580232531 (Paperback)9781681629674 (Hardcover)
About the author
RON WOLFSON is Fingerhut Professor of Education at American Jewish University in Los Angeles and a cofounder of Synagogue 3000. His recent books include Relational Judaism: Using the Power of Relationships to Transform the Jewish Community, The Seven Questions You're Asked in Heaven: Reviewing and Renewing Your Life on Earth and Be Like God: God’s To-Do List for Kids.
Wolfson is also the author of God’s To-Do List: 103 Ways to Be an Angel and Do God’s Work on Earth, The Spirituality of Welcoming: How to Transform Your Congregation into a Sacred Community and A Time to Mourn, a Time to Comfort: A Guide to Jewish Bereavement and Comfort, as well as coauthor, with Rabbi Lawrence A. Hoffman, of What You Will See Inside a Synagogue, a book for children ages 6 and up.