Wishing you a Happy Shavuot. Dear Friends, On behalf of everyone here at Chicago Jewish Funerals, we wanted to wish all of you and your families a Happy, Healthy, and Joyful Shavuot! As a reminder, if you need Yizkor candles, please pick one up at our Buffalo Grove Chapel or Skokie Chapel. Chag Sameach, David...
Into the desert we go! This week, we start a new book and chapter in our collective history. The desert is a place that neutralizes our intake and cleans us. May we all have a Shabbat Shalom and listen to the silence around us and May it give us clarity!
This week we learn about how to take care of and love the earth and to let it rest.Shabbat shalom from this beautiful banana flower!
This week, we discuss in parashat Emor the details of being holy. May we all look into ourselves and find how we bring holiness to this world this Shabbat. Shabbat shalom!!
It is from this weeks parsha, Acharei Mot-Kedoshim, that Hillel said that the entire Torah can be summed up into the words, “Love your neighbor as yourself.” It is our great honor or privilege to strive to serve all of our neighbors as we would our own families and love each...
This Shabbat, we welcome in the new month of Iyar, the month of healing. May we all have a chodesh tov and relaxing Shabbat!
Recently, Chicago Jewish Funerals founder David I. Jacobson had the opportunity to discuss his life-affirming work in funeral service with Daniel Lazar on his podcast, "For a Living". To listen to the episode, use the player above. For more details about the podcast, click here.
This week, after a week in which we eat in a special way that ignites memory, we receive a set of laws for how to eat ethically. Laws surrounding food allow us an opportunity to be intentionally grateful for each and every item that arrives to our plate. May we...
Chag sameach! As this festival comes to a close, we wish all of you a wonderful journey into the new season, the adventure of becoming a peoplehood and enjoying our newfound freedom.
Shabbat shalom!!!! We hope that everyone is feeling free and enjoying this holiday.
