Table for Five: Tisha b Av Special Edition jewishjournal.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from jewishjournal.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Miscarriage and Loss During COVID-19
For most of us this year, we have missed the natural human psychosocial cues we give each other, which are the building blocks of empathy and awareness beyond the self.
I realized if I didn’t tell anyone, no one would ever know.
I was three months pregnant when I started to miscarry. My pregnancy was too far along, and my symptoms were solely abdominal pain. Natural miscarriage was unlikely and not happening, so I needed to have a surgical D&C. I was relieved to hear the doctor say that because I was 12 weeks pregnant, this would be less psychologically traumatic for me.
Table for Five: Vayechi
One verse, five voices. Edited by Salvador Litvak, the Accidental Talmudist
When the time drew near for Israel to die, he called his son Joseph and said to him, “If I have now found favor in your eyes, place your hand beneath my thigh, and deal with me with lovingkindness and truth; please do not bury me in Egypt.” -Gen 47:29
Rabbi Pinchas Winston
Thirtysix.org
For centuries, Jews who have died in the Diaspora have asked to be buried in Israel. One reason is in this week’s reading, when Ya’akov requests it of his son, Yosef. But what’s the big deal if a person gets buried elsewhere, just as long as the deceased gets buried according to Jewish law?
Meet the first Orthodox Jewish girl Eagle Scout forward.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from forward.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.