The Neshamah Should Have an Aliyah

A children’s picture book about the benefits of performing mitzvos as a merit for the departed.

  By Bracha Goetz. Illustrated by Chani Judowitz. This beautiful volume helps children put the loss of a loved one in the proper perspective by showing how they can still connect to the one who has passed on by learning Torah and doing mitzvos for their benefit. Through this engaging book, children learn to transform their feelings into positive actions that will impact them and their departed loved ones.

Includes all 56 episodes of the acclaimed Relief from Grief podcast. Features firsthand accounts from laypeople, rabbanim, rebbetzins, professionals, speakers, and noted personalities who have experienced or dealt with loss. Podcasts are hosted by Mrs. Miriam Ribiat, author of the highly acclaimed I Wish Someone Would Have Told Me: A Book for Teens who Have Lost a Parent and Forever in Our Hearts: Navigating the Grief Journey after Losing a Child of any Age.     The podcasts offer support and connection, as well as valuable suggestions and practical tools, with a total runtime of over 42 hours.

A comprehensive manual introducing children and teens to the fundamental concept that Torah and mitzvos connect us to Olam Haba and to those who have passed on. Lessons can be presented in tandem with parshiyos that touch on the topic of death and burial, as well as during classes related to tragic events in current events or Jewish history. Separate programs included for lower and upper-elementary school students, as well as for teens.

In this unique volume, seasoned author Mrs. Miriam Ribiat, together with clinical editor Mr. Glen Holman, LCSW, does an admirable job of exploring the grief journey and the many challenges parents might face after the loss of a child. Based on extensive interviews with bereaved parents and consultations with numerous professionals, the book explores the grieving process and related emotions; changing relationships; grief around the year; bereaved siblings and grandparents; practical suggestions; halachos and minhagim; and aliyas neshamah ideas. Includes a guide for family and friends and the moving 40+ page journal of a bereaved father. Recommended by Rav Sholom Kamenetsky, Rav Shmuel Fuerst, Rabbi Dr. Dovid Fox (Chai Lifeline); Dr. Norman Blumenthal (OHEL), Mrs. Chumi Friedman (ATIME/HUG).)