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Kaddish Gave Me Words After the Bibas Family’s Deaths

JL;DR SUMMARY Sruli Fruchter reflects on the profound impact of the Bibas family tragedy on his own life, and finds solace in the Jewish tradition of reciting Kaddish. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Jewish TraditionHamasMourningGriefFaithParenthoodKaddishBibas FamilySanctificationAgnon

Places mentioned

Southern District, Israel
"I was celebrating Simchat Torah in Israel with my wife (then-eight-months pregnant with our son) and our toddler daughter when our joy morphed into fear."
Long Island, New York, United States
"The rabbi of our Long Island shul interrupted davening to announce that something bad happened in Israel."
Itamar, Central District, Israel
"This all reminds me of a cartoon I saw in March 2011, after the Fogel family was murdered in their home in Itamar."
New York, United States
"Maury Rosenfeld is a high school teacher in New York."

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