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The Jewish Way in Death and Mourning (Revised and Expanded Edition)
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Average Rating:  out of 11 Reviews
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Price: $18.95
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Sale: $11.67
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Manufacturer: Jonathan David Publishers
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EAN (European Article Number): 9780824604226
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Paperback
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Author: Maurice Lamm
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Publisher: Jonathan David Publishers
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Edition: Revised
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Dewey Decimal Number: 200
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Publication Date: 2000-10
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Reading Level: 336
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Description: For over thirty years Jews have turned to Rabbi Maurice Lamm's classic work for direction and consolation. Selected by The New York Times as one of the ten best religious books of the year when it was first published in 1969, The Jewish Way in Death and Mourning leads the family and friends of the deceased through the most difficult chapter of life-from the moment of death through the funeral service, the burial, and the various periods of mourning. Now, in this thoroughly revised and expanded edition, Rabbi Lamm explores a wide range of new issues and questions that Jews of the twenty-first century must address. Special consideration is given to the subjects of organ donation, autopsy, the question of a woman's right to say Kaddish, mourning practices as they relate to the stillborn, the permissibility of converts to Judaism to mourn their Gentile parents, and the bereavement rights of individuals who by Jewish law are not required to mourn but who nonetheless wish to express their grief in accordance with Jewish tradition. In addition to exploring the sensitive issues that the contemporary mourner must confront, The Jewish Way in Death and Mourning is remarkable in that it gently leads the mourner through the corridors of Jewish law and teaches the aching heart how to express its pain in love and respect so that it might begin on the road to eventual healing.
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Customer Reviews
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Review Summary: Creation of A Chevra Kadisha |
Date: 2008-03-10 |
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Details: I read this book when it first came out. Several members of our congregation shared the copy and formed a discussion group. Eventually we had the author come to our group for a lecture. As a result of his lecture we formed a Chevra Kadisha. Chairing the Chevra Kadisha and performing Taharas was one of my acts as a Jew of which I am most proud.Doing a Tahara is the ultimate Mitzvah. There is no way the person receiving your service can ever pay back. But more important you thank him or her for giving you the opportunity to perform the ultimate mitzvah.The men with whom I shared this mitzvah with becme truly my chevera (brotherhood). This all came about because of this one thin volume. |
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Review Summary: read it before you need it |
Date: 2007-07-21 |
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Details: This is a truly encyclopedic guide (at least from the perspective from someone who, like me, knew almost nothing about the subject before reading the book) to Jewish mourning practices. Brief summary: if a parent dies, be prepared to take a week off from everything, and don't shave. Try to avoid most forms of public entertainment for a year. (Whether these are realistic expectations for most readers, I can't say). If another relative dies, the restrictions are less severe.
Lamm also briefly summarizes the Jewish depiction of the afterlife. In his own words: [there is] historic near-unanimity of [Jewish] scholarly opinion on the fundamental belief [in the afterlife but] the practical details of immortality are ambiguous and vague. There is no formal eschatology in Judaism, only a traditional consensus that illuminates the way. . . God revives the righteous dead, while the wicked remain in the dust."
Lamm goes back and forth between justifying the halacha and neutrally describing it; I found his justifications persuasive in some instances, perhaps a bit overly aggressive at other times. |
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Review Summary: comprehensive orthodox view |
Date: 2007-01-16 |
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Details: This book is tremendously informative about every possible question you could have about the Jewish laws and customs about death and mourning. It is well written and it's easy to look up questions you have. It's nicely broken down in chronological order from the end of life until the yearly yahrzeit observance.
It is, however, from the modern orthodox perspective. As a recent mourner, it made me feel guilty that my reform family was not observing all the minute details of mourning that occur. It's strength, tho, is that you know all the details and can observe what you can. And you now know what the ideal might be.
The paradox of course is that one is not likely to purchase or read it until some of the stages of mourning have passed. But it is comforting to read about the stages and their meaning even if they have passed. Plus it leaves you well informed should a death occur in the future, a likelihood for all of us mortals. |
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Review Summary: Help when needed. |
Date: 2007-01-11 |
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Details: A good resource for what to do for those who have recently lost someone.
Also a good resource for the bereaved for what to do and who to turn to.
It gives you the proper actions to take to respect the one lost and the ones that are bereaved.
It gives the Jewish point of view and an explanation of it and all the things that are done as part of the rituals and procedures involved with a death. |
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Review Summary: The best guide on the subject I know |
Date: 2004-10-13 |
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Details: This is the best guide on ' Jewish Death and Mourning' I know. It is clearly written. It presents the Halachic aspects of the process in a good way. It shows sympathy and understanding. It will answer most if not all of the procedural questions the person has who is in the process of mourning.
It is the standard work , and rightly so.
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