All may sign the forehead of the deceased with the Sign of the Cross ... All then join hands for the Lord's Prayer: Our Father.

“Wow” — shevach in Hebrew, or praiseworthiness — is about God’s awesomeness. Rabbi Spodek said he spends a minute or two pondering the miracle that is creation. That there is a (narrowing) climate in ...

In the wake of this trauma, the Av Harahamim (“Father of Mercy”) prayer was ... lest their mistaken Yizkor prayer cause the death of their parents. Other rabbis offered alternative ...