My Shoshana: A Father’s Journey through Loss - Hardcover

Grossman, Rafael

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0935437398 ISBN 13: 9780935437393

Publisher: Eshel Books, 2011

Synopsis

We all suffer the pain of loss when a loved one dies. We search for meaning in their lives and try to comprehend the unknowable.

For each of us, understanding is a journey of inestimable length.

Rafael Grossman was the successful rabbi of a prominent synagogue, the president of his state's rabbinical council, and the dean of a Hebrew Day School when his teenage daughter Shoshana became ill.

Shoshana, vibrant and energetic, a delight to her parents and everyone around her, died at the age of seventeen.

After her death, Rabbi Grossman was sure that he would never regain his faith in God or his joy in living.

But as the years went by, he began to understand how Jews throughout history managed to sustain hope in the wake of personal and communal calamities.

He penned this heartfelt letter to Shoshana as an expression of his love, and his never-ending sorrow, but also of his sense of renewal.

And the recognition, that with our memories, no one is truly lost to us.

Today, Rabbi Grossman counsels grief-stricken families and survivors of loss. He offers this letter as a "little book of comfort" to grieving readers everywhere.

About this title

About the Author

Rabbi Rafael Grossman, the descendant of several generations of rabbis, is past president of the Beth Din of America and the Rabbinical Council of America. Rabbi Grossman is Senior Rabbi Emeritus of Baron Hirsch Congregation in Memphis, Tennessee, one of the largest Modern Orthodox congregations in America.

Review

"Rabbi Grossman transforms the heartbreak of life and loss into the poetry of healing. Poignant and transcendent." --Ruchama King, author of Seven Blessings

Rabbi Grossman looks for his daughter and finds her everywhere: in the Western Wall, the sea of Galilee, and in a simple garden. You cannot escape the notion that Shoshana, like every lost child, is most importantly, in his heart." --Kathleen Monahan, D.S.W., Associate Professor, State University of New York, Stony Brook

About this edition

• Publisher: Eshel Books
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 0935437398
• ISBN 13: 9780935437393
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 64