Musing on Mourning


 

Publication Date: January 2005

Publisher: Rabbinical Council of America

Author(s): Eugene B. Borowitz

Research Area: Culture and religion

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.