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The Gift of Grief

Finding Peace, Transformation, and Renewed Life After Great Sorrow

By: Matthew D. Gewirtz

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The Gift of Grief

Finding Peace, Transformation, and Renewed Life After Great Sorrow

By: Matthew D. Gewirtz

Death, divorce, illness, disaster, personal loss, and financial disappointment. Crisis, tragedy, and suffering are among the most universal human experiences-and they can also be our most powerful catalysts for positive change. Rabbi Matthew D. Gewirtz offers a graceful, insightful, and inspiring education on the true meaning of grief: how it breaks and remakes us, bringing us closer to our strongest sense of self. Based on his extensive pastoral experience helping congregants grapple with grief, Gewirtz identifies the ways we block our experience of sorrow and loss and guides us to encounter these feelings fully, with compassion and clarity, and incorporate the lessons we learn into a richer life. A dynamic rabbi teaches a prescriptive and enlightening approach to grieving as a vehicle for positive transformation and renewal. Presents compassionate, profound, counterintuitive guidance for working through and transcending grief on a psychological and spiritual level. Nondenominational advice from a spiritual leader, rather than a psychologist.

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Celestial Arts

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1587613131

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To Build a Brave Space

The Making of a Spiritual First Responder

By: Matthew D. Gewirtz

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To Build a Brave Space

The Making of a Spiritual First Responder

By: Matthew D. Gewirtz

When I was a boy, I told my mother I wanted to become a rabbi on a motorcycle. This was a joke in our family for many years. As a young man, despite my love of Israel and a strong spiritual and cultural connection to Judaism, I would not have believed that my own childhood prediction would become a reality. And yet, for over twenty-five years, I have served large synagogue congregations and shepherded hundreds of families through unspeakable tragedy, unfettered joy, and complicated times in our country’s history. This book is a reflection on where I came from and how I got to my current place as the Senior Rabbi of a Temple, B’nai Jeshurun of Short Hills, NJ. Not only have I grown and changed professionally from my early days of rabbinical school, but my philosophy on how to lead a community and how to bring people together during trying times has evolved over many years of trial and error. My hope is to inspire other clergy and people in general to find a way to help their communities thrive, even during our current climate of fractured politics and overt hostility among one another.

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Post Hill Press

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1642935433

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To Build a Brave Space

The Making of a Spiritual First Responder

By: Matthew D. Gewirtz

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The Making of a Spiritual First Responder

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The Gift of Grief

The Gift of Grief

To Build a Brave Space

To Build a Brave Space

To Build a Brave Space

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