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dying
Accepting the end
Jewish Journal
March 7, 2016
The hospice patient, an innovative leader in his profession, was in his last moments of life.
Facing mortality at Yom Kippur
Ellie Kahn
September 16, 2015
Regardless of our race, religion, gender or age, we all have something in common: We’re all going to die.
Dying we live [1995]
Rabbi Harold M. Schulweis
December 18, 2014
When last I spoke to my teacher, Abraham Joshua Heschel, he asked if he could borrow my kittel.
Talking About Dying
Jewish Journal
June 8, 2010
“What should you do if your parent is drawing close to dying but doesn’t want to talk about it?” I asked.
Bernie Madoff Reportedly Dying of Cancer
Jewish Journal
August 24, 2009
Madoff, who is serving 150 years at a North Carolina federal prison after pleading guilty to swindling more than $65 billion, has been telling fellow inmate he doesn\’t have much longer to live.
The high cost of dying
Jane Ulman
August 7, 2008
A traditional Jewish funeral is simple and not ostentatious — good news for people concerned about the high cost of dying. But while Jewish law doesn\’t require embalming, elaborate floral displays or 16-gauge metal caskets with tufted crepe interiors, it does require Jews to be buried in the ground. And that costs money.
The Dance of Life
Rabbi Carla Howard
February 14, 2008
I spoke to Fred several days before he died. He didn\’t want to be on hospice, didn\’t want to think about dying — or to let me visit him in the hospital — but he said he thought that he had danced his last dance. I was honored to have shared it with him — asher hu bam.
Final lesson
Rabbi Mordecai Finley
December 21, 2007
In this week\’s Torah portion, Vayechi, we have the most intimate description of a deathbed scene and the most elaborate description of a le\’vayah (funeral) contained in the Torah.
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