Find spiritual strength for healing in the wisdom of Jewish tradition.
Whether you are facing illness yourself, serving as a caregiver, providing pastoral care, or simply wondering where God is when we get sick, the teachings and wisdom of Jewish tradition can help you cope with the difficulties of illness and infirmity.
With a format designed to accommodate the stressful life of people dealing with illness, Rabbi Joseph B. Meszler helps you focus on spiritual well-being as an essential aspect of physical healing and wholeness. He provides comfort and inspiration to help you maintain personal balance and family harmony amid the fear, pain, and chaos of illness. Combining the stories of real people with insights from Jewish sources, he offers practical advice and spiritual guidance for:
- Reaching inward to the soul when the body fails
- Reaching outward to provide strength, comfort and compassion to the ill or infirm
- Reaching upward to God through prayer and daily gratitude
Find spiritual strength for healing in the wisdom of Jewish tradition. The teachings and wisdom of Jewish tradition can provide comfort and inspiration to help you maintain personal balance and family harmony amid the fear, pain and chaos of illness.
Rabbi Meszler simultaneously attempts to provide assistance to three groups of people regarding illness in this 180 page paperback. While you may read the book sequentially, each of the four sections are independent and can be read separately as the author addresses a difference audience in each. The first section focuses on the person facing body or spirit failure; the second section addresses the caregiver. Family and illness is the subject of the third section; universal questions of God are covered in the fourth section. The author includes appendices on the laws of visiting the sick and practical suggestions for the actual visit. The book is easy to read, with large print, cutout boxes, some notes at the end, and is structured around Rabbi Nachman of Breslov's saying regarding the three dimensions that people reach-inward to the self, outward to others and upwards to God.
The book is useful to people who want to understand and better address the issues of illness. By debunking many of the commonly held myths regarding illness, the author helps us deal with the difficulties of sickness and caring for people who are sick. This book is recommended for people searching for answers regarding how to handle illness and who have already read the many other more comprehensive books addressing this topic.
