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Rabbi Mel Glazer Rabbi, D. MIn. (Death and Dying)
Rabbi Mel Glazer Quick Facts
Main Areas: Grief, Hope and HealingBest Sellers: And God Created Hope, When Death Visits A Jewish Home
Career Focus: To help folks "lay them gently down" and move "from mourning to morning"
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Rabbi Mel Glazer has been the Rabbi of Temple Shalom in Colorado Springs, CO since July 2007. A 1974 ordainee of The Jewish Theological Seminary in New York City, he received his Doctor of Ministry (concentration in death and mourning) degree from Princeton Theological Seminary in 1995. He has served congregations in the United States, Canada and South Africa. He is the author of “When Death Visits A Jewish Home: 99 Actions For Mourners” (Fall 2007) and “And God Created Hope: Finding Your Way Through Grief with Lessons from Early Biblical Stories” (Marlowe and Company, Jan. 2007). In addition, he has contributed articles and chapters to numerous publications. He is a member of the Board of Kavod V’Nichum, an international organization which supports the creation of local groups which care for the dead and their families. He has participated in three Conferences, and has led sessions on “The Double Silence: In and Out of Tahara.” He has led bereavement groups and enjoys helping people move “from mourning to morning.” Find out more about Mel at http://www.andgodcreatedhope.com, and http://www.whendeathvisitsajewishhome.com.
Favorite Quotes & Thoughts from Rabbi Mel Glazer
Some thoughts about life from Rabbi Mel Glazer
“I am interested in developing the total person, not just the one who attends religious services. It’s easy to be religious when you’re sitting in the Sanctuary. The real question is what happens to you when you leave and go home. What do you do with the values you learn here? What lessons do you take home with you? How has coming to shul changed your life?"
“The scariest three words on any gift package are "some assembly required." Judaism is a gift-- God's gift to us and to the world. There is some assembly required. If you do not help God assemble your gift, that gift will be wasted."
“When I was a child, I took piano lessons and my teacher wanted me to become a symphony director. She died before I could tell her that actually, I am a conductor. That's what being a Rabbi is all about. Everyone has a place in God's orchestra and I'm the conductor."
“The key to helping people is to have experienced life myself. How can I counsel anyone at all if I don't know what you're talking about? I have lived a full life, with successes and failures, simcha and sadness. I get great satisfaction from helping people recover from losses. My father's death was a gift to me. It helped to propel me in a direction, it led me on a fruitful and joyful path -- helping people to celebrate again after losing someone, or something, very special.”
“Glazer’s First and Only Law of Life—we only learn anything about ourselves by how we respond to the losses in our lives.”
“We are God’s Chosen People. Does that mean we’re better than anyone else? No, it means we have more responsibility than anyone else. We have 613 mtzvahs to grapple with, while God’s other children only have 7. It’s not always so easy to be Jewish, sometimes I wish God had chosen someone else!”
Contacting Rabbi Mel Glazer
Rabbi Mel Glazer
GriefOK
130 Beckwith Drive
Colorado Springs, CO 80906
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877 LECHAIM TO LIFE!
