Our exile impacted God, Jewish society, and the Jewish People. The Talmud explains how.

“During the course of a lifetime, virtually no one can avoid an encounter with death. Yet it is an experience for which one is rarely prepared.” — Dr. Emanuel Rackman

The strangeness of death, of loss, is that no matter how many books we read, how many philosophical discussions we have, how many psychologists we speak with, how many times we experience it, it will always be elusive—impossible to understand.

Human emotions are intense and, sometimes, incredibly painful. To avoid that hurt, we seek to escape into distraction to “take our mind off everything.” That's a mistake.

It is Jerusalem, once a mother rejoicing with her children, who is grief-stricken, struggling to grasp the elusive understanding of loss. But she does not grieve alone.

In our conversations on loss, we spoke with Josh and Dani about keeping the memories of their wife and father alive, even if they are no longer here.

After tragedy strikes, we demand answers to explain our loss, but the consolation we seek may not be in our minds, but in our hearts.