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Musing on Mourning
Publication Date: January 2005
Publisher(s): Rabbinical Council of America
Author(s): Eugene B. Borowitz
Special Collection: Berman Jewish Policy Archive
Topic: Culture and religion (Calendars, special days, and ceremonies)
Keywords: American Jews; Religion; Jewish Text
Type: Report
Coverage: United States
Abstract:
The author presents some personal thoughts as he concluded a year of personal mourning. This thoughts center on three themes: the condolence messages he received, what kaddish meant to him, and his reaction to the ritual consolatory phrase, Hamakom y'nachem etchem.