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Death
July 1st, 2009
Sweet Dreams Are Made of These
While I was out at Target on Sunday evening, purchasing the items my kids needed for camp the next day (yes, I waited until the last minute as usual), a mini-crisis was erupting back at my parents' house. We were visiting them for the afternoon, and my husband stayed behind to watch the kids while I shopped. Little did I know that a cartoon turtle named "Franklin" would be causing my 6-year-old daughter immense pain.
February 16th, 2009
Why Do Orthodox Jews Pray for the Dead?
Hello-
I am wondering about what the Orthodox Jewish view is on the the afterlife. Why do Orthodox Jews pray for the dead? I know that there are prayers said for the dead in the Jewish tradition, but I don't know what they specifically refer to or why they are said.
Regards,
Jen
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May 13th, 2008
How I Explained Death To My Daughter
On my daughter's third birthday, she asked me what happens after you die. (Now you're probably wondering how the heck we celebrate birthdays around here, but don't worry, we do plenty of life affirming activities such as cake-eating and present-opening - very much like normal people, in fact.) The question came up because I had been reading her a book about a little girl with a sick father and an older woman whose husband had passed away and how the neighborhood children were taking care of them.
Continue reading How I Explained Death To My DaughterDecember 3rd, 2007
Who Will Bury the Last People?
My four year old daughter asked my husband a pretty smart question yesterday (if I do say so myself). They were learning the weekly Torah portion from a children's book and had skipped ahead to the parsha where Jacob is being carried out of Egypt by his sons to be buried in Israel.
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