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Life-to-Life Library

How does one face the challenge of one losing someone close to them? Why does G-d take one’s soul from them? How can we help the soul of our loved ones rest in peace?

Texts, Documents & Tools

Sample Halachic "Living Will"

Psalms 20 and 119

Viduy Confession & Jewish Prayers for the Final Moments of Life

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Online Books & Guides

The Jewish Way in Death and Mourning

The Jewish Mourner's Companion

The Jewish Funeral and Sitting Shiva

Stories

Partnering With G-d to Avoid a Cremation

A Jew Named Elliot

Zeida

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Voices

A Visit to the Past: Connecting With My Departed Grandparents

When My Son Died, I Felt I Was Mourning Alone

The Miracle Woman

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Questions

Are Spouses Together in Heaven?

Why Does the Shomer “Watch” the Dead?

Take the Jewish Gravestone Quiz

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Essays & Readings

7 Adar: From Fasting to Feasting

Why? Reflections On The Loss Of A Loved one

Remembrance as the Secret of Redemption

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Letters

Mourning a Death

To Be Motivated By Sorrow

The Soul's Journey

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From the writings of the Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem M. Schneerson

Audio Classes

The Jewish Approach to Death

Insights into Kaddish

Our Obsession with Kaddish

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Videos

The Jewish Approach to Death

The Deed - Taharah

The Deed - The Funeral

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Library

How does one face the challenge of one losing someone close to them? Why does G-d take one’s soul from them? How can we help the soul of our loved ones rest in peace?