#el malei rachamim

[gnosticpriesthood]

This game is a prequel to Disciples of the Gun and introduces players to the world, lore and narrative style featured within. 

Both games are based in gritty, hard sci-fi. Disciples will feature  mechanics ranging from simple linear storytelling to relationships, combat, map navigation, puzzle solving, codices, dice-rolling, stats/levels, linguistics and math. 

If you're looking to casually drop-in to the setting of DOTG, El Malei is a good starting point. It should take about 5-10 minutes to complete and is largely a short story - gameplay mechanics are much more limited.  Be warned that El Malei deals with mature and difficult subject matter such as human trafficking, child abuse, domestic violence and drug addiction. If this type of content is upsetting to you, you should skip El Malei.

[pargolettasworld]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aa6H8QE66d0

Yizkor is a public memorial service.  In the Diaspora, we do it four times a year.  Yizkor happens during Yom Kippur, on Shmini Atzeret (as far as anyone has been able to tell me, this is one of the few legitimate reasons that Shmini Atzeret exists), on the last day of Pesach, and on the second day of Shavuot.  There are public memorial prayers, some opportunity for silent prayer, and the El Malei Rachamim will be sung.  Some people who aren’t mourning anyone that year might choose to leave the sanctuary during Yizkor -- it’s because of a superstition that you don’t want to draw the attention of the Angel of Death.

This is a relatively new piece that could be added to a Yizkor service, either in addition to the existing material, or as the opening of Yizkor, designed to guide the congregation into the purpose and the mood of this service.

[zionistgirlie]

Just a reminder it's stupid to cry "they're erasing Jewish tradition!!!!" When people just try to show their support and mourning. The Jewish people has much greater problems than the use of RIP, Ashleigh. People worldwide are trying to erase our history and our very lives. Go touch some grass.

(btw, there's a Hebrew, Jewish phrase which translates roughly to "may (they) rest in peace where (they) lie" (שינוח בשלום על משכבו) so you're not even right about the erasure part.

Yeshayahu 57:2— "He shall come in peace; they shall rest in their resting- place, whoever walks in his uprightness."

And in El Malei Rachamim, the Jewish Requiem prayer: "The LORD is her heritage, and she shall rest peacefully on her bed. So let us say, Amen.")

Can we stop antagonise our allies and focus on the genocidal death cult and their supporters who literally want us dead or

I wasn’t going to say anything, but seeing people get chastised over saying “Rest in Peace” for Michelle Trachtenberg instead of using the Hebrew phrase? Yeah, I need to.

My great-grandfather was Jewish. He married a Catholic woman who loved him, and instead of erasing his traditions, she embraced them. She honored both Jewish and Catholic holidays. She handmade decorations for both. We still have them. We still carry that love, even if we aren’t practicing. Because being Jewish isn’t just about practice—it’s about family, history, and remembrance.

And that’s why this whole discourse hurts.

Most people saying “Rest in Peace” aren’t trying to erase Jewish mourning traditions. They aren’t trying to be disrespectful. They’re just expressing love in the only way they know how. And instead of taking a moment to teach, to connect, to build bridges—some of you would rather tear people down for not already knowing.

But here’s the thing: Judaism has survived through remembering. Through teaching. Through welcoming people in rather than shutting them out. My family held onto our Jewishness through love, not through pushing people away. Maybe—just maybe—that’s something to think about before deciding that someone’s sympathy isn’t “correct” enough.

Because in the end? What matters isn’t the exact words used. It’s that she is remembered. And that people care. 💙

[jewishvirtuallibrary-blog]

A Jewish man, Moshe Mizrachi, weeps next to the grave of his mother, Mazal, during her funeral in the Old Cemetery of Safed, Israel; 1996. x 

Jewish law requires that the dead be buried within twenty-four hours after death and it is traditional for the funeral service and burial to be arranged promptly to pay respect for the dead and the family of the deceased.  A delay in the burial to allow for preparation of the body and coffin, the arrival of relatives, or for a Jewish holiday to pass are allowed, but this delay must not extend more than three days.

A mourner for one's parents, spouse, children and siblings customarily participates in the rite of k'riah, rending of graments, just prior to the funeral service. This consists of tearing a visible piece of clothing which is then worn throughout the seven-day period of shiva, except on Shabbat. Some people extend this custom to wear the torn clothing for all of sheloshim, the thirty days following burial.  A mourner is also exempt from performing all religious duties from the time of a loved one's death until the burial.

Most funeral services take place at the grave site or in a funeral home, followed by the burial of the body. The service often begins with the reciting of specific prayers, often psalms 23 and psalms 121. The core part of the funeral service is the eulogy, often given by a close friend or family member who can provide the deceased with their last sign of respect. The singing of El Malei Rachamim, a hymn that asks G-d to watch over the deceased and grant them peace, usually closes the service.

[ltkarma]

casual reminder that avi sat full shiva for her dad aged twelve and it was and still is the most emotionally painful week of her life. there was nothing to bury but his uniform and his ribbons - and yet she washed her hands so much they got raw. 

אֵל מָלֵא רַחֲמִים, שׁוֹכֵן בַּמְּרוֹמִים, הַמְצֵא מְנוּחָה נְכוֹנָה, עַל כַּנְפֵי הַשְּׁכִינָה, בְּמַעֲלוֹת קְדוֹשִׁים וּטְהוֹרִים, כְּזוֹהַר הָרָקִיעַ מַזְהִירִים, אֶת נִשְׁמַת (פלוני בן פלוני) שֶׁהָלַךְ לְעוֹלָמוֹ, בַּעֲבוּר שֶׁנָּדְבוּ צְדָקָה בְּעַד הַזְכָּרַת נִשְׁמָתוֹ, בְּגַן עֵדֶן תְּהֵא מְנוּחָתוֹ. לָכֵן בַּעַל הָרַחֲמִים יַסְתִּירֵהוּ בְּסֵתֶר כְּנָפָיו לְעוֹלָמִים, וְיִצְרֹר בִּצְרוֹר הַחַיִּים אֶת נִשְׁמָתוֹ. יְיָ הוּא נַחֲלָתוֹ, וְיָנוּחַ בְּשָׁלוֹם עַל מִשְׁכָּבוֹ, וְנֹאמַר אָמֵן

[keshetchai]

You started this off by being EXTREMELY condescending for no real reason.

Followed it up with a whole lot of words which suggest you have not actually read nor understood my responses within this thread or even like...what I am saying.

Then you brought up completely random unrelated examples and claimed the "vast majority of Jews," agree on this thing you're claiming.

In the notes in this thread there were at least two Orthodox Jewish folks who have been on jumblr for LITERAL YEARS agreeing with me, plus someone else saying their rabbi says "Rest in Peace," and other folks as well.

You're making an anecdotal claim based on what you think feels like the truth.

That's...certainly how you feel, but it's also not like, compelling evidence.

Also look, I am by no means fluent in Hebrew but:

That being impossible

It's literally not. It's not.

You and the person above you are literally just making things up and then condescending to me about it and it's truly baffling.

The previous person saying "there is no rest in death [in Judaism]." and arguing we don't have death/sleep analogies in Judaism is like - look I don't know their motive but they're just unequivocally and catastrophically wrong.

Here's the Shema before sleep at night in an Orthodox Korean Sacks Siddur (the edition for NCSY.)

This clearly references death as a form of sleep.

NOW FROM THIS SAME SIDDUR, PLEASE TAKE A LOOK AT THE MEMORIAL PRAYER FOR FALLEN ISRAELI SOLDIERS:

Here's the memorial service from my 1969 siddur avodat Israel, printed on Israel and bound with those pretty metal plates:

Here's the 2016 conservative movement's Siddur Lev Shalem memorial prayer, from the Yizkor section:

This is repeated by the way. The next page is for women. Then it provides several other variants, including an addition for martyrs and holocaust victims, and the English still says "Rest In Peace," so if nothing else, I can show that the whole conservative movement officially accepts the English use of "rest in peace," to memorialize Jews.

I can show that the Orthodox publisher Koren Sacks uses "rest in peace," to memorialize Jews. I can show some other Israeli publisher says: "repose in their resting place in peace," which like...means rest in peace.

I know Chabad translates with "rest in peace." I am, in fact, pretty confident that I can demonstrably prove multiple major Jewish publishers and movements all actively use "rest in peace," explicitly in prayer translations. Because I just did that.

I don't "feel" this is true. I took out three of my siddurim and went on the Chabad website and know it is factually provable. I've also been to a Yizkor service before and have read the siddur while there. I'm being extremely patient right now with your snide benevolence in deciding to agree I must be Jewish, because like, El Malei Rachamim is part of the Yizkor service which is recited four times a year (Yom Kippur, Sukkot, Passover, and Shavuot). It's also part of the Jewish funeral service. I'm not citing some obscure prayers.

It's okay if you don't know that, but hinting at the rude thing you aren't accusing me of isn't like, actually an improvement. You're just saying "oh well I'll deign to not accuse."

Anyways tl;Dr again:

Fact: Jews can and do use "rest in peace," currently, notably in our memorial Yizkor service and in prayer said at burial.

Fact: this translation using RIP is used by Chabad, Koren-Sacks writing for the OU's NCSY, and the Conservative moment. At minimum.

Opinion: it makes some Jews uncomfortable as it reminds them of Christianity.

My argument: it's okay to feel it is uncomfortable and to prefer and encourage other phrases. However, "rest in peace," language is absolutely (fact) used by Jews with regularity and it is not actually inappropriate. You can feel uncomfortable with that, but it's not true to say we don't say "rest in peace," in English.

Friendly PSA: when a Jewish person passes away, it's inappropriate to say "Rest in Peace" because that's a Christian phrase. While we have several phrases that are acceptable to say, the most common English phrase to say when a Jewish person dies is "May their memory be a blessing."

[pargolettasworld]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FpTSO6S9y1I

This lament is composed by Livy Yehudai-Shalita, animated by her father Dodo Shalita, and sung by Avremi Roth.  It’s based on “El Malei Rachamim,” which is the formal Jewish prayer for the dead.  The Mourner’s Kaddish is what’s said in services, but the El Malei Rachamim comes out at funerals, at Yizkor (Memorial) prayer services, and of course, on days like Tisha b’Av and Yom HaShoah.  This video was produced for Yom HaShoah 2021, and it is an amazing piece of art.

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"Valentino" Sees Neurologist Today for Constant Tremors

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"Valentino" Sees Neurologist Today for Constant Tremors

PRAY FOR VALENTINO Senior Rescue: Constant Tremor. Father God You know how Valentino struggles to function. Please help this Neurologist to determine what is causing his shaking. Give mom Monica ways she can treat his symptoms to give him a better quality of life and enable him to eat and enjoy his many siblings. If it would be Your will, we ask for complete healing. In the Name of El Malei Rachamim, God is merciful . Amen. <3 Caren

Monica Davis North 9-14-17:  Valentino is going to meet with a neurologist tomorrow so hopefully we’ll know more about his condition and what kind of treatments, if any, can be used on him.

Psalm 46:10 “Be still, and know that I am God. I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth

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What is Rachamim?

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Jews hear the word rachamim (RAH-khah-meem) at the worst moments of their lives, when they are mourning the death of a loved one. It is in the first line of the prayer for the dead:

…אֵל מָלֵא רַחֲמִים

El, maleh rachamim…

– El Male Rachamim, Prayer for the Dead

According to Alcalay, a good Hebrew-English dictionary, rachamim can…

[eshetchayils2]

Nascimento…

Escolhendo o nome Judaico..

A importância de um nome judaico refere-se àquela parte de nós que verdadeiramente define a identidade judaica: a alma judaica. Um nome judaico é o seu chamado espiritual, um título que reflete seus traços particulares de caráter e os dons concedidos por D’us. O fato de que o nome da pessoa representa sua força vital é insinuado pela palavra neshamá (alma), cujas duas letras intermediárias formam a palavra shem (nome). As letras do nome de uma pessoa são como o cano através do qual a vida é levada ao corpo. Portanto, a palavra shem, nome, tem o mesmo valor numérico que tzinor, cano. Nomear um recém-nascido judeu é uma tarefa sagrada, parte do ciclo de vida da religião judaica. Um menino recebe o nome durante a cerimônia do brit milá, quando entra no pacto de Avraham Avinu; uma menina é nomeada logo após seu nascimento, na primeira oportunidade em que a Torá será lida. Seu pai então é chamado na Torá e nesta oportunidade anuncia seu nome judaico. Ao escolher um nome para a criança recém-nascida, os pais passam em revista os nomes de seus entes queridos. Isso se baseia no preceito da Torá de que o nome do falecido não deve ser apagado de Israel. Ocasionalmente, uma criança recebe o nome de algum erudito de Torá, ou do maior tsadic da geração, cuja vida foi consagrada à Torá; ou então uma menina recebe o nome de mulheres sábias e grandiosas da Torá, cuja vida serviu como inspiração a todos. Quando a criança recebe o nome de um parente falecido – segundo o costume askenazi – cumpre também a mitsvá de honrar pai e mãe. Esta mitsvá é obrigatória não somente durante a vida deles, como também depois de sua morte. É uma grande satisfação para a alma, e proporciona prazer às almas dos parentes falecidos, quando os descendentes recebem seus nomes. A Cabalá afirma que os pais recebem inspiração Divina ao escolher um nome para seu filho. O nome é registrado como pertencendo para sempre a esta criança. É por este nome que o menino será chamado à Torá quando chegar a seu bar mitsvá, aos treze anos; quando chegar à vida adulta e ao casamento, seu nome aparecerá na ketubá; este nome é mencionado na prece E-l malei rachamim oferecida em benefício da alma após 120 anos. Assim, o nome judaico acompanha o judeu por toda a vida e em todas as ocasiões. Classificação de nomes judaicos Os nomes judaicos podem ser classificados em diferentes categorias: 1 – Nomes bíblicos – nomes mencionados nos Cinco Livros da Torá, nos Profetas, ou nas Sagradas Escrituras. 2 – Nomes talmúdicos – nomes originalmente encontrados no Talmud e Midrashim. 3 – Nomes encontrados na natureza – no mundo animal, alguns dos quais aparecem nas Escrituras, tais como Chava, Rachel, Devorah, Tziporah, Yonah, etc. Há também nomes do reino animal não mencionados nas Escrituras como nomes de pessoas, tais como Aryrh, Zev, Tzvi; tais nomes originaram-se com as bênçãos de Yaacov e Moshê, que aplicaram os nomes de diversas coisas vivas às tribos de Israel. 4 – Nomes encontrados na Natureza – no mundo vegetal, alguns dos quais aparecem nas Escrituras, como Tamar, etc. Outros nomes desse tipo são Shoshana, Alon, Oren, Oranah, Aviva, etc. 5 – Nomes que incluem o Nome de D’us dentro deles, e nomes que expressam agradecimentos a D’us. 6 – Nomes de Anjos, que foram adotados como nomes humanos:Gabriel, Rafael, etc. 7 – Nomes secundários, que ocorrem em conjunto com o nome principal, embora ocasionalmente estejam sozinhos. Como faço para dar ou receber um nome hebraico? 1 – Além de sua escolha Geralmente, seu nome hebraico é aplicado a você por ocasião de seu nascimento ou pouco depois, escolhido por seus pais, que o nomeiam em homenagem a um ente querido falecido, geralmente um antepassado (costume ashkenazi) ou a um ente querido, como avós, ainda vivos, como forma de homenageá-los (costume sefaradi). Ou, caso eles não tenham ninguém para homenagear, talvez você receba um nome hebraico da preferência deles. Portanto na verdade você não poderá escolher seu próprio nome, a menos que não tenha recebido um até a idade adulta. 2 – Por sua escolha Se você não recebeu um nome hebraico até a idade adulta, ou seja, seus pais não lhe fizeram um brit (caso seja menino) ou não lhe deram um nome na primeira oportunidade em que foi lida a Torá logo após seu nascimento (se for menina), você pode selecionar qualquer nome hebraico normal que lhe agrade. 3 – Opções de conversão Um terceiro nome hebraico alternativo é quando um não-judeu se converte ao Judaísmo. O convertido pode escolher qualquer nome hebraico, geralmente há escolha algo foneticamente semelhante ao nome existente: John talvez se torne Yonatan (hebraico para Jonathan), Mary pode se tornar Miriam. Situações especiais Um menino que já nasceu circuncidado é nomeado no hatafas dam bris, na presença de um minyan. Caso não haja um quórum de dez homens, poderá ser nomeado na presença de dois. Se uma criança nasceu, e é necessário rezar pela sua saúde, seu nome poderá ser dado imediatamente, para que possam rezar em seu nome. Costuma-se apenas dar o nome neste caso, sem no entanto torná-lo público até o brit milá. Quando uma pessoa se encontra em situação de risco, como uma grave doença ou problemas de saúde, D’us não o permita, costuma-se acrescentar outro nome ao seu nome judaico original. Desta forma pode-se alterar seu mazal, sorte e destino, e rezar pelo seu pronto restabelecimento e cura. Importância vital O nome pelo qual a pessoa é chamada é o recipiente que contém a força vital condensada inerente nas letras do nome. Como disse o Eterno aos Anjos: "A sabedoria de Adam é maior que a sua", pois ele entendeu a fonte suprema de cada ser criado, e segundo este Ele o chamou por seus nomes. Portanto, descobrimos que quando desejamos reviver alguém que desmaiou, chamamos seu nome. Ao chamar seu nome, despertamos a força vital em sua fonte, e atraímos vitalidade para o corpo. Similarmente, se alguém está adormecido, nós o chamamos por seu nome. Ao falecer, quando a alma parte do corpo e chega perante a Corte Celestial, não lhe é perguntado: "Qual é seu nome hebraico" A pergunta feita é simplesmente: "Qual é seu nome?" Porque seu nome verdadeiro, sua essência, está contida em seu nome hebraico. Atualmente, o maior problema para o povo judeu é a assimilação e a ignorância. Embora seja um grande problema, existem pequenas coisas que podemos fazer para lutar contra isso. Podemos assistir uma aula de Torá uma vez por semana ou por mês. Podemos celebrar o Shabat. E podemos usar nossos nomes hebraicos. Quando os usamos, lembramo-nos constantemente de quem somos, fortificando assim nossa identidade judaica e automaticamente lutamos contra a assimilação. Parafraseando Neil Armstrong, talvez seja um pequeno passo para um judeu, mas um salto gigante para o Judaísmo! Devemos nos inspirar no exemplo fornecido por nosso povo na saída do Egito; não se assimilaram. Este fato deveu-se a três fatores fundamentais que fizeram questão de conservar: o modo de se vestirem, a língua (hebraico) e o nome (judaico). Quanto ao último, disseram nossos Sábios: (Bamidbar Rabah 20:22) "Nossos antepassados mereceram ser redimidos do Egito porque não mudaram seus nomes." Devido a estes cuidados tiveram o mérito de serem redimidos e conduzidos à outorga da Torá no Monte Sinai. Que possamos através de nossas boas ações e utilização destas mesmas "vestimentas" que nos conectam à nossa essência, sermos merecedores de presenciar a recompensa neste mundo: uma época sem guerras, onde a paz verdadeira será restabelecida e o conhecimento de D’us transbordará no mundo inteiro. Enquanto aguardamos, continuaremos colocando nomes judaicos em nossos filhos e, nossos filhos em nossos netos.

[pargolettasworld]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i5KCytacBt0

The Mourner’s Kaddish is one of the more interesting mysteries of Jewish liturgy.  The Kaddish is a prayer of praise, and there are several different versions of it that appear throughout the liturgy, each version serving a slightly different purpose.  None of them mentions death, and there’s no real reason that there should be a Kaddish specifically for mourning -- in fact, there is a whole different prayer especially for mourning, the El Malei Rachamim.  But what is it about the Kaddish that made us adopt it for mourners?

There are historical explanations, of course, but those are often less interesting than thinking about what relevance a prayer like the Kaddish might have for mourners.  I’ve had a few Hebrew students study the Mourner’s Kaddish with me, and I challenge them to think about why we might use this kind of prayer in this way.  In the upcoming school year, I might use this video in that lesson.  I love the way that Michael Hunter Ochs, the composer, blends the text of the Kaddish with a meditation on the Divine presence as the ultimate source of strength and comfort for a mourner.  Why do we praise the Divine?  Because that’s who is with us in the presence of death.

[pargolettasworld]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JcTDXPWDisM

There’s something extra special about children at Holocaust memorial events. As the speaker at the top of this video indicates (very politely -- he is a diplomat, after all), this large group of Jewish children singing together is exactly the opposite of what the Nazis wanted. 

There is a difference between International Holocaust Memorial Day (January 26) and Yom HaShoah (a week after Pesach) that is a little hard to articulate, but I’ve never let that sort of thing stop me before, and I don’t intend to let it stop me now.  HMD events tend to be very respectful, but a bit . . . I don’t know, distant?  HMD is the world’s memorial day; it’s not really a day for the Jews.  Some HMD events make this abundantly clear by framing things around the idea that “genocide” in general is A Bad Thing, often giving examples of genocides that are either currently happening or that happened within the past forty years.  In fact, I’ve been to some HMD events that barely acknowledged the Holocaust at all, just sort of lighting a few candles and suffering a Jew or two to talk, with the audience clearly being very Tolerant™ and kind of wishing that this Jew would shut up about the Holocaust so they could all get back to remembering the Rwandan genocide for Holocaust Memorial Day.

But Yom HaShoah . . . that’s the Jewish day.  It’s partly a sad and solemn day, and you will often hear someone singing the El Malei Rachamim.  But Yom HaShoah takes place right after Pesach to commemorate the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising.  We’re not just mourning the Six Million on Yom HaShoah -- we’re also celebrating our resistance fighters, and our survival.  In one breath, we mourn the victims of the Nazis, and in the next, we offer those same Nazis our proudest, most upright middle finger.  Yom HaShoah is sad, but it’s also proud and angry.  And what better way to say “Never Again” than to have over a hundred little Jewish kids stand up straight and sing it out?

[coffeeshoprabbi]

What is the Jewish Prayer for the Dead?

What is the Jewish Prayer for the Dead?

Image: A sculpture of a mourning angel. (Maxpixel)

No, it isn’t the Kaddish.

Kaddish Yatom, “the Orphan’s Kaddish” is the prayer of praise said by mourners as part of Jewish mourning ritual. It has no mention of death at all, and no mention of the departed.

The Jewish Prayer for the Dead is a lesser-known prayer called El Malei Rachamim, “God, full of Mercy.” A cantor once told me that if you…

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Is "Chuckie" dehydrated or is it time to say goodbye?

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Is "Chuckie" dehydrated or is it time to say goodbye?

PRAY FOR CHUCKIE 17yo and ELAINE: Possible PTS. Heavenly Father You know how difficult a decision this is for Elaine. She is such a devoted cat mama. We ask that You might give her some more time with Chuckie if that would be Your will for them. Please enable him to recover from dehydration so they can say goodbye when Elaine is more ready. In the Name of El Malei Rachamim, God is merciful

Elaine Doran Blazosek‎ 9-29-17: asking for prayers for our Chuckie. he came to us as a stray about 17 years ago. a kind gentle soul. lovable and kind, but starting to show his age. today things were so bad that I made the horrible decision to have him euthanized. I cried all the way to the vet. when it came time to sign the forms, i said I needed to talk to my vet. she came in and said that although he is old, he may be dehydrated, and wanted to run some labs on him to see if she could help. poor baby! as they picked him up to take him to the back, he was still purring!! again, I cried all the way home. although I refuse to let him suffer, I will try anything to make him comfortable in his old age !!

Deuteronomy 4:31 31 For the Lord your God is a merciful God; he will not abandon or destroy you or forget the covenant with your ancestors, which he confirmed to them by oath.

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Molly is Still with us

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Molly is Still with us

CONTINUE TO PRAY FOR MOLLY: Terminal Cancer- bleeding thru skin. Heavenly Father we ask that You would continue to be merciful to Molly and family as they deal with this frightening disease. Thank You that You have given Molly time to say goodbye to her family. Please continue to be with them during this very difficult time in their lives. In the Name of El Malei Rachamim, God is merciful. Amen. <3 Caren

Deb Schulten-Fazenbaker 7-9-17: [Molly is] begging for peanut butter pretzels. I know she said she was given a cortisone shot

Deuteronomy 4:31 31 For the Lord your God is a merciful God; he will not abandon or destroy you or forget the covenant with your ancestors, which he confirmed to them by oath.

Romans 8:35 Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or danger, or sword? […] 37 No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. 38 For I am sure that neither death nor life, nor angels nor rulers, nor things present nor things to come, nor powers, 39 nor height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.

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Pray for a Smoother Journey Home to Heaven for Oskar

Pray for a Smoother Journey Home to Heaven for Oskar

PRAY FOR OSKAR 17yo: Terminal Cancer, Severe Diarrhea & Vomiting. Lord Jesus You know that Oskar has had a rough year. We ask that You would see him through his final days. Comfort him in his distress. The process of leaving this earth is so cruel. We know that You hate death as much as we do. Please be merciful to Oskar and mom Lynne. In the Name of El Malei Rachamim, God is merciful. Amen. <3…