Evergreen

A ritual in recognition of the author's miscarriage emerged from a year of studying about the infertile Hannah, who eventually had a child.

The Kaddish responds to three questions: Is there a God? Why do people die? What is the meaning of life?

The evolution of attitudes towards physicians, beliefs connecting illness and sin, prayers for healing, and the use of folk healing traditions.

The author adapts biblical texts to create a ritual that expresses the anguish of terminating a pregnancy

Through prayer and ritual during the month after the termination, the parents work through lingering feelings of guilt and sorrow.

Husbands, wives, and relationships in Judaism are governed by the principle that "It is not good for the human to be alone."

The memory of Temple sacrifice is preserved in every prayer service.

Study in honor of dead; women reciting Kaddish; Kaddish integrating mourners into communities; and hiring someone to say Kaddish.

Responsibility that begins in seeing the face of another human being is a primary philosophical category.

Shoveling dirt onto the coffin is the family's final ritual act of honoring the dead.