death

A family friend of ours died this summer, from COVID-19 complications. I was the officiating rabbi at his burial. No ...

As a rabbi, I am privileged to officiate at many life cycle events.  I become part of a family’s life ...

In memoriam, for Rabbi Samuel Dresner, HaRav Shumel Chayyim ben Yehuda v’ Malka z”l.

Death is a problem. It is death that seems to suck the meaning out of life. If it is all ...

As a rabbi, one of the life-cycle processes I accompany people through is the funeral. When a person dies, burying ...

On extending Jewish mourning rituals to non-traditional mourners.

In Jewish tradition, sitting shiva is a trust fall.

I have no idea how many b’nai mitzvah, baby namings, brises, et al I have officiated at. Nor how many ...

My mother’s birthday coincided with Shavuot this year. She would have been 76 years old, had she not died in ...

Bamidbar is my daughter Elena’s bat mitzvah portion. As she was approaching bat mitzvah, fifteen years ago, my father was ...