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Introduction

xi

The Sanctity of Life and Death---The Jewish Perspective

1

(4)

Reality

2

(1)

Simplicity

3

(1)

Community

4

(1)

Before Death

5

(8)

Bikkur Cholim: Visiting the Sick

5

(3)

Vidui: The Confession

8

(1)

Ethical Wills

9

(4)

From Death to Bereavement

13

(14)

Aninut: Exemption from Religious Duties

13

(1)

Who is a Mourner?

14

(1)

When Death Occurs

15

(2)

Caskets

17

(1)

The Funeral

18

(3)

Attending the Funeral of a Non-Jewish Friend or Relative

21

(2)

At the Cemetery: The Burial

23

(2)

Sephardic Burial Customs

25

(2)

Mourning Observances

27

(6)

Paying a Shiva Visit

27

(2)

What One May See in a House of Mourning

29

(1)

Comforting Mourners

30

(1)

The Conclusion of Shiva

31

(2)

Post-Mourning Practices

33

(8)

Shloshim

33

(1)

Mourner's Kaddish

34

(1)

The Tombstone and Marker

35

(1)

The Unveiling

36

(1)

Visiting the Grave

37

(1)

Yahrzeit Anniversary of the Death

38

(1)

Yizkor

39

(2)

Special Situations and Concerns

41

(10)

Suicide

41

(2)

Cremation

43

(1)

Euthanasia

44

(3)

From the Bible

45

(1)

From the Talmud

45

(1)

Codes and Commentaries

46

(1)

Amputated Limbs

47

(1)

Organ Donations

47

(2)

Autopsies

49

(1)

Exhumation

49

(2)

Helping Children Understand Death

51

(4)

Children's Understanding of Death

52

(1)

Attending the Funeral and Burial

53

(1)

Helping a Child Work through His or Her Grief

54

(1)

What Happens After I Die?

55

(6)

The World beyond the Grave

55

(1)

Ideas about Life after death

56

(5)

Influence through Family

57

(1)

Immortality through Influence

57

(1)

Influence through Creative Works

57

(1)

Influence through Memory

58

(1)

Reincarnation

58

(1)

Resurrection

59

(1)

Rationalist View

59

(2)

Notable Quotations and Rabbinic Tales on Death and Dying in Jewish Tradition

61

(42)

Burying the Dead and Comforting the Mourners

61

(9)

World to Come

70

(3)

The Garden of Eden and Gehenna

73

(4)

Angel of Death

77

(3)

Death and Burial of Famous Rabbinic Personalities

80

(7)

Death and Burial of Famous Biblical Personalities

87

(11)

Suicide Taking One's Own Life

98

(5)

Words of Comfort: Readings and Reflections

103

(12)

Mourner's Kaddish

115

(4)

Prayers When Visiting a Cemetery

119

(18)

Psalm 23: The Lord is My Shepherd

121

(1)

In Memory of a Loved One

121

(1)

A Woman of Valor

122

(1)

Psalm 112: Blessed is the Man

123

(1)

Eil Malei Rachamim

124

(2)

Mourner's Kaddish

126

(2)

The Burial Kaddish

128

(2)

Yizkor Remembrance Prayers

130

(7)

Reading a Tombstone

137

(4)

Glossary of Terms

141

(4)

For Further Reading

145

(2)

Index

147

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