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A Time to Mourn, a Time to Comfort: A Guide to Jewish Bereavement (The Art of Jewish Living) Paperback – February 1, 2005

by Dr. Ron Wolfson (Author), Federation of Jewish Men's Clubs (Series Editor)
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A Step-by-Step Guide for Honoring the Dead and Empowering the Living

When someone dies, there are so many questions―from what to do in the moment of grief, to dealing 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 takes 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, remember, and carry on with our lives after the death of a loved one.

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    The Art of Jewish Living
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  5. Publication date
    February 1, 2005
  6. Dimensions
    6 x 0.78 x 9 inches
  7. ISBN-10
    1580232531
  8. ISBN-13
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Captures the best in Judaism s approach. It is honest, tender, and wise. A Time to Mourn, a Time to Comfort speaks in many voices, the voices of those who have endured grief, the voices of rabbis who deal daily with tragedy, the voices of those who are spiritual searching, and the voices of those who have found their one path through dark times.

--Rabbi David J. Wolpe, from the Foreword

When a loved one dies, an emotional chaos ensues. As if in a whirlwind, one is buffeted by a bevy of conflicting emotions including anger, pain, relief, and guilt. Jewish tradition offers mourners a structure for dealing with those emotions and a guide through the chaos. It also offers the community around the mourner a means to reaching out to comfort those in pain. Ron Wolfson s A Time to Mourn, a Time to Comfort constitutes a sensitive and perceptive guide to that tradition. Both those who mourn and those who comfort will find it a map to accompany them through the whirlwind.

--Deborah E. Lipstadt, director, Rabbi Donald A. Tam Institute for Jewish Studies at Emory University

About the Author

Dr. Ron Wolfson, visionary educator and inspirational speaker, is Fingerhut Professor of Education at American Jewish University in Los Angeles and a cofounder of Synagogue 3000. He is author of 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; Be Like God: God's To-Do List for Kids; God's To-Do List: 103 Ways to Be an Angel and Do God's Work on Earth; Hanukkah, Passover and Shabbat, all Federation of Jewish Men's Clubs Art of Jewish Living family guides to spiritual celebrations; The Spirituality of Welcoming: How to Transform Your Congregation into a Sacred Community; A Time to Mourn, a Time to Comfort: A Guide to Jewish Bereavement and Comfort and, with Rabbi Lawrence A. Hoffman, What You Will See Inside a Synagogue (all Jewish Lights), a book for children ages 6 and up. He contributed to May God Remember: Memory and Memorializing in Judaism―Yizkor, Who by Fire, Who by Water―Un'taneh Tokef, All These Vows―Kol Nidre and We Have Sinned: Sin and Confession in Judaism―Ashamnu and Al Chet (all Jewish Lights).

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Jewish Lights; 2nd Edition, New (February 1, 2005)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 384 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1580232531
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1580232531
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.34 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6 x 0.78 x 9 inches
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A native of Omaha, Nebraska, I earned my PhD in Education from Washington University in St. Louis and the MA in Jewish Studies from the University of Judaism. I am the Fingerhut Professor of Education at American Jewish University in Los Angeles, the Co-Founder of Synagogue 3000, and a member of Shevet: The Jewish Family Education Exchange. I eat frozen yogurt just about every day.

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5.0 out of 5 stars I generally enjoy Ron Wolfson's works and this is no exception
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I generally enjoy Ron Wolfson's works and this is no exception. It's a useful resource to those who wish to be of support to others during their sorrowful times. Great as a pastoral care resource for Jewish clergy, and also for the layman. Sensitively written, insightful and accessible to all readers.
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Helped my 4 year old process his uncle’s death
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|TITLE| “A Time to Mourn, A Time to Comfort: A Guide to Jewish Bereavement”
|AUTHOR| American Jewish University Professor Ron Wolfson, B.A., M.A., Ph.D.
|REVIEWER| Josh Grossman, Colonel {r} U.S. Army Medical Corps, M.D., FACP
|BOOK FORMAT| Quality Paperback
|BOOK PAGES| 342 pages
|BOOK COPYRIGHT| 1996, 2005, 2011 {2nd Edition, Third printing}
|BOOK PUBLISHER|
• Jewish Lights Publishing for all faiths
• Woodstock, Vermont
• [...]
|BOOK ISBN – 13|978-1-58023-253-1
|FORWARD BY| Rabbi David J. Wolpe
• As I am a Cancer Survivor myself, I know the value of, “Respecting Silence, and Sitting Down,” at the bedside of my fellow cancer survivors!. {Grossman, Joshua B. “How surviving cancer changed my life and my practice” American College of Physicians OBSERVER page 02 October 1999}
• As I recall physicians (medical colleagues) avoiding me when I was myself newly diagnosed with my own personal cancer.
• Now if only my medical colleagues had read this outstanding text that quote, The Wisdom of Ben Sira: United States Conference of Catholic Bishops thus, “Fear not death. We are all destined to die!” If only they knew how to, “Respect Silence and moreover most importantly to sit down when visiting me.
• As I tell my students preparing for their United States Medical Licensure Examination Step III; “You simply must sit down with your patients to whom you must give their diagnosis of cancer.
• All Hospice-Based Clergy of all faiths will benefit from this text.
• All of our Synagogues and all of our Jewish Community Centers and all of our Hillel Centers of University Jewish Life should have a copy of this outstanding text!
• I plan to keep my copy handy on my desk for ready reference in my teaching students for their United States Medical Licensure Examination Step III as well as in my personal {IKAR} my personal learning journey!
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5.0 out of 5 stars Very helpful book for dealing ieth los of of a mother.
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While we all will likely no lo longer be roaming the earth (at least not in our current form); losing a mother is a very difficult experience. This book provided some broad guidelines on customs and traditions that should be considered when a Jewish) person passes.
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