Remember My Soul: What to Do in Memory of a Loved One, a Path of Reflection and Inspiration for Shiva, the Stages of Jewish Mourning, and Beyond

Lori Palatnik, Yaakov Palatnik

K'hal Publishing, Dec 1, 2008 - Family & Relationships - 246 pages

Remember My Soul provides the comforting voice of wisdom at life's most painful moment.Drawing on decades of experience in Jewish outreach and counseling people who have lost a loved one, Remember My Soul, was written specifically for people with little or no prior knowledge of Judaism and the way Judaism understands and approaches death, loss and mourning. People who have suffered a recent loss-and those for whom a distant loss continues to be a struggle-will find in these pages insight, inspiration and resolution.Remember My Soul includes:*An explanatory journey through shiva and all the aspects of Jewish mourning. *A thirty-day guided path of insight and reflection based on the ancient tradition for benefiting the soul of the departed. *Ten questions people ask about death and the afterlife. *Personal reflections from people who have lost a loved one about how Jewish rwisdom and traditions enable one to cope with a loss and relate to death in the bigger picture of life

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User Review  - Reese - Goodreads

Not a handbook, but a handy book to have around when a Jewish person must deal with the loss of a close relative. Not the "definitive" how-to, what-to, when-to text, but a useful introduction to the ...

About the author

Palatnik is an author and Jewish educator. She has been a guest on numerous radio and television talk shows, and hosted a Toronto television show called "The Jewish Journal". She lectures on the beauty and depth of Judaism throughout the U.S. and Israel.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Remember My Soul: What to Do in Memory of a Loved One, a Path of Reflection and Inspiration for Shiva, the Stages of Jewish Mourning, and Beyond
• Authors: Lori Palatnik, Yaakov Palatnik
• Publisher: K'hal Publishing, 2008
• ISBN: 1602040141, 9781602040144
• Length: 246 pages
• Subjects: Family & Relationships / Death, Grief, Bereavement; Religion / Judaism / General; Self-Help / Death, Grief, Bereavement; Social Science / Customs & Traditions