Ida Gelbart
Ruth Yaffee
Harry Yaffee
Mike Jackman
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You Are Not Alone –
Grief Counseling Support Group
Tuesday Evenings
6:30 – 8:00 PM
Mount Tamalpais Cemetery
2500 Fifth Ave., San Rafael
$20 donation requested if possible
Contact Ingrid Robinson at 415.459.2500 or 415.419.4292 for more info, and download attached flyer (PDF).
VIDUI (Final Confession)
Interpreted by Rabbi Rami Shapiro
I acknowledge before the Source of all, that life and death are not in my hands.
Just as I did not choose to be born, so I do not choose to die.
May it come to pass that I may be healed but if death is my fate, then I accept it with dignity and the loving calm of one who knows the way of all things.
May my death be honorable, and may my life be a healing memory for those who know me.
May my loved ones think well of me and may my memory bring them joy.
From all those I may have hurt, I ask forgiveness.
Upon all who have hurt me, I bestow forgiveness.
As a wave returns to the ocean, so I return to the Source from which I came.
Shema Yisrael, Adonai, Elohaynu, Adonai echad
Hear O Israel, that which we call God is Oneness itself.
Blessed is the Way of God
the Way of Life and Death,
of coming and going,
of meeting and loving,
now and forever.
As I was blessed with the one,
so now am I blessed with the other.
Shalom. Shalom. Shalom.
When I die, give what’s left of me away
to children and old men that await to die
And if you need to cry
cry for your brother walking the street beside you
And when you need me, put your arms around anyone
and give them what you need to give me.
I want to leave you something,
something better than words or sounds
Look for me in the people I’ve known or loved,
And if you cannot give me away,
At least let me live in your eyes and not in your mind.
You can love me best by letting hands touch hands
And by letting go of children that need to be free.
Love doesn’t die, people do.
So, when all that’s left of me is love,
give me away. ~Reform Siddur |
