{"id":66741,"date":"2022-04-01T13:51:56","date_gmt":"2022-04-01T18:51:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/?p=66741"},"modified":"2022-04-01T13:52:12","modified_gmt":"2022-04-01T18:52:12","slug":"off-the-pulpit-the-solidarity-of-grief","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/off-the-pulpit-the-solidarity-of-grief\/","title":{"rendered":"Off the Pulpit: The Solidarity of Grief"},"content":{"rendered":"

By RABBI DAVID WOLPE<\/p>\n

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The obvious reason is to come to the aid of one who grieves. Saying Kaddish is usually a more urgent emotional need than other prayers. However, we might also see it as a tribute to the one who has died.<\/p>\n

When we join together for a minyan we declare \u2014 even though we may not know this person, he or she was a part of the Jewish people. Each loss is a loss to all. We gather to let the mourners know that we too mourn, not as individuals, but as Klal Yisrael, the people of Israel. We pray that the bereaved will be comforted \u201camong the mourners of Zion and Jerusalem.\u201d No one weeps alone. To rephrase the poet, every Jews\u2019 death diminishes the Jewish people. Join a minyan and share in the solidarity of grief.<\/p>\n

Rabbi David Wolpe is the senior rabbi of Sinai Temple of Los Angeles.<\/em><\/p>\n

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