Poem for when we GRIEVE or STRUGGLE by Rabbi Allen S. Maller

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Rabbi Allen S. Maller is my Rabbi.

As a thirteen year old child, this poem changed my life.

I am forever grateful to all the lessons I learned from my Rabbi.

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When I die

(…or stuggle, am in pain, or feel lost)

If you need to weep

Cry for someone

Walking the street beside you.

 


And when you need me

Put your arms around others

And give them what you need to give me.

You can love me most by letting

Hands touch hands, and

Souls touch souls.


You can love me most by

Sharing your Simchas (goodness) and

Multiplying your Mitzvot (acts of kindness).

You can love me most by

Letting me live in your eyes

And not on your mind.

 

And when you say Kaddish (prayer) for me

Remember what our Torah teaches,

Love doesn’t die

People do.

So when all that’s left of me is love

Give me away.

 

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