Comments on: Losing Children http://semitism.net/2007/01/24/losing-children/ Pro-Jewish, Pro-Arab, Pro-Peace Thu, 08 Jan 2009 20:53:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1.3 By: Andrew Schamess http://semitism.net/2007/01/24/losing-children/#comment-16080 Andrew Schamess Thu, 25 Jan 2007 13:12:16 +0000 http://semitism.net/2007/01/24/losing-children/#comment-16080 There is something very moving about the Kaddish prayer. It offers a blessing to God and an affirmation of oneness (I choose to read it as the oneness of all people) with no specific mention of death. It's a call to return our gazes and our voices to the world of the living. Saying Kaddish reminds me to care even when it's painful and to act even when action seems hopeless. Its wonderful that you are saying Kaddish for Smadar. It makes me think that it would be a worthy project to collect the names of Palestinians and Israelis killed each month, and say Kaddish for them all. There is something very moving about the Kaddish prayer. It offers a blessing to God and an affirmation of oneness (I choose to read it as the oneness of all people) with no specific mention of death. It’s a call to return our gazes and our voices to the world of the living.

Saying Kaddish reminds me to care even when it’s painful and to act even when action seems hopeless.

Its wonderful that you are saying Kaddish for Smadar. It makes me think that it would be a worthy project to collect the names of Palestinians and Israelis killed each month, and say Kaddish for them all.

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