A Time to Mourn, a Time to Comfort (2nd Edition): A Guide to Jewish Bereavement

Ron Wolfson's A Time to Mourn, a Time to Comfort constitutes a sensitive and perceptive guide to the Jewish traditions that guide the mourner and those who seek to provide comfort. The tone is honest, tender, and wise. Jewish tradition offers mourners a structure for dealing with the turmoil of emotions and a guide through the days, weeks and months of recovery from a loss. It also guides the community around the mourner with sound and specific advice on how best to reach out to comfort those in pain. Wolfson details these traditions with a gentle and direct how-to approach, explaining both the traditions and the benefits and good sense of those practices.

This book helped us a great deal during the final moments of my mothers' life. Ron Wolfson personalizes the Jewish traditions by sharing experiences of other who have lost loved ones.Moments after our mother died, a Catholic preist enter her hospital room to offer his comfort, embrace and support. He noticed this book in my fathers' hands and was curious. He then wanted a copy for himself so he can better understanf our custims and traditions when helping other Jewish patients and families. He then called our Rabbi and Jewish Mortuary as we still were grieving in that very moment.