#yahrzeit — Public Fediverse posts

Mourning and Meaning Making -
Someday our current sorrows will be memories, woven into the tapestry of our shared destiny, By Rabbi Shira Koch Epstein

This article initially appeared in My Jewish Learning’s Shabbat newsletter Recharge on May 18, 2024.

"...This year, that process is more fraught than most. It has been only six months since the massacres of October 7th, and we are still engulfed in a brutal war. How can we engage in acts of ritual remembering when we are living in between “they tried to kill us” and “we prevailed?”

Our processes of mourning and memory can provide some guideposts. ...We gather, share stories and support those in the depths of grief, collectively waiting for the time when we might begin to make meaning. This sharing is the beginning of a narrative process during which memories become stories, eventually burnished into legacy when they motivate our actions..."

https://www.myjewishlearning.com/article/mourning-and-meaning-making/

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This Monday (2/27) will mark the #yahrzeit of Leonard #Nimoy, z"l. Hard to believe he's been gone for eight years.
https://coffeeshoprabbi.com/2015/02/28/nimoy/