http://morethodoxy.org/2012/03/09/the-holy-society/ Mon, 13 May 2013 19:57:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://morethodoxy.org/2012/03/09/the-holy-society/#comment-3765 Sun, 01 Apr 2012 19:37:46 +0000 http://morethodoxy.org/?p=1292#comment-3765 A beautiful testament to a holy mitzvah. Welcome to the chevra.

]]> http://morethodoxy.org/2012/03/09/the-holy-society/#comment-3516 Wed, 14 Mar 2012 17:15:20 +0000 http://morethodoxy.org/?p=1292#comment-3516 Reblogged this on Almost Jewish.

]]> http://morethodoxy.org/2012/03/09/the-holy-society/#comment-3494 Tue, 13 Mar 2012 10:44:23 +0000 http://morethodoxy.org/?p=1292#comment-3494 [...] in doing a Tahara, the Jewish practice of getting the body ready for burial.  As such, I found this story quite moving.  It is a description of the author’s first Tahara, which he was called to do [...]

]]> http://morethodoxy.org/2012/03/09/the-holy-society/#comment-3444 Sat, 10 Mar 2012 17:06:25 +0000 http://morethodoxy.org/?p=1292#comment-3444 Beautifully written. The tone resonates with respect.

]]> http://morethodoxy.org/2012/03/09/the-holy-society/#comment-3419 Fri, 09 Mar 2012 20:43:56 +0000 http://morethodoxy.org/?p=1292#comment-3419 That was beautiful. The world over chevrah kadish mission statements all just got rewritten, “To look death in the face without belittling it, with out denying it, to see in it the deep respect and caring owed to one made in the image of God, this is the work of the chevrah kadisha.”

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