{"product_id":"deathbed-wisdom-of-the-hasidic-masters-the-book-of-departure-and-caring-for-people-at-the-end-of-life-9781580238502","title":"Deathbed Wisdom of the Hasidic Masters: The Book of Departure and Caring for People at the End of Life","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDeath is a time of life that holds meaning for the dying, their family and friends, their community--and us.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Most of Torah's teaching is about how to live. But there is a special section within its wisdom that also speaks to us about how to die. Since we are all mortals, our lives fashioned somehow around the awareness that death is inevitably to come, this is one of the important lessons.... There is something profound to be learned about the way of dying, and it is best learned from the wisdom and stories of those who have gone before us.\"\u003cbr\u003e--from the Foreword\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStudents of the Hasidic masters wrote down the stories of the last months, days, hours and moments of the lives of their rebbes. A compilation of their experiences, called \u003cem\u003eThe Book of Departure\u003c\/em\u003e (\u003cem\u003eSefer haHistalkut\u003c\/em\u003e), first published in Hebrew in 1930, brings together the rich end-of-life stories of forty-two holy men who died between 1760 and 1904, as well as their philosophical forebearer, Isaac Luria. Featuring new pastoral commentary in a unique facing-page format, this English presentation of heart-touching deathbed tales sheds light on Jewish traditions about death, the afterlife and how to care for people in their final days.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBaron, Rabbi Joel H.:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRabbi Joel H Baron\u003c\/strong\u003e is a hospice chaplain at Hebrew SeniorLife (HSL) Hospice Care in Boston.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePaasche-Orlow, Rabbi Sara:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRabbi Sara Paasche-Orlow\u003c\/strong\u003e is the director of Spiritual Care at Hebrew SeniorLife.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eGreen, Arthur:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eArthur Green, PhD, \u003c\/strong\u003e is recognized as one of the world's preeminent authorities on Jewish thought and spirituality. He is the Irving Brudnick professor of philosophy and religion at Hebrew College and rector of the Rabbinical School, which he founded in 2004. Professor emeritus at Brandeis University, he also taught at the University of Pennsylvania and the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College, where he served as dean and president.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDr. Green is author of several books including \u003cem\u003eJudaism's Ten Best Ideas: A Brief Guide for Seeker\u003c\/em\u003es; \u003cem\u003eEhyeh: A Kabbalah for Tomorrow\u003c\/em\u003e;\u003cem\u003e Seek My Face: A Jewish Mystical Theology\u003c\/em\u003e;\u003cem\u003e Your Word Is Fire: The Hasidic Masters on Contemplative Prayer\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eTormented Master: The Life and Spiritual Quest of Rabbi Nahman of Bratslav\u003c\/em\u003e (all Jewish Lights). He is also author of \u003cem\u003eRadical Judaism\u003c\/em\u003e (Yale University Press) and coauthor of \u003cem\u003eSpeaking Torah: Spiritual Teachings from around the Maggid's Table.\u003c\/em\u003e He is long associated with the Havurah movement and a neo-Hasidic approach to Judaism.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Jewish Lights Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50357110636818,"sku":"9781580238502","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_fae7c4a3-c4f7-435d-a072-a267ca9c6189.jpg?v=1728317669","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/deathbed-wisdom-of-the-hasidic-masters-the-book-of-departure-and-caring-for-people-at-the-end-of-life-9781580238502","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}