My Kaddish Year

Through this blog, written during my year of saying kaddish for my mother, Hilda Yael Kessler, may her memory be for a blessing, I attempted to reflect on and find meaning about the internal as well as ritualistic processes of mourning. I hope others may identify with and find some measure of comfort in its words.

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Wednesday, May 30, 2012

More kaddish anxiety

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I haven't missed an opportunity to say kaddish for over three months.  I've been in a synagogue every day, for every prayer service,...
Tuesday, May 29, 2012

God always provides mourners

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I haven't been davening from the Amud (being the prayer leader) much in recent days.  The reason is that there are two new mourners atte...

Second Yizkor

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Today, the second day of Shavuot, was my second Yizkor.  Yizkor is the memorial service for the departed, recited four times a year: on the ...
Thursday, May 24, 2012

The efficacy of kaddish

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The topic of the Rabbi's D'var Torah (brief words of Torah) between Mincha and Ma'ariv has been kivud av v'aym (honoring on...
Monday, May 21, 2012

I miss my mother

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For 56 years, my mother was natural and consistent part of my life.  After I moved to New York some 16 years ago, we spoke a few times a wee...
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