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May God Remember HB

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An engaging and sobering look at memorializing in Judaism and why memory
ours and Godsis so central to people.
Through a series of lively introductions and commentaries, over thirty contributorsmen and women, scholars, rabbis, theologians and poets, representing all Jewish denominationsexamine the history and ideas behind Yizkor, the Jewish memorial service, and this fascinating chapter in Jewish piety.
Featuring the traditional prayersprovided in the original Hebrew and a new and annotated translationthis fourth volume in the Prayers of Awe series explores the profound theological questions at the core of this service and our own humanity: What happens to us after we die? Is there really an afterlife? Does our fate after death depend on the goodness with which we have pursued our earthly life? And more.