Hineni is a tool to provide a simple, ergonomic, and fast way to get information about traditional Jewish death practices – what Jews do when there’s a death.
The home page displays topic choices as images related to Jewish death customs. Click on any image or its title to explore that topic.
Each topic page displays 4 window images as links to learn from different viewpoints. Click on the window of choice to read the topic summary from that perspective, as follows:
— the Practical / Physical View summarizes insights into the nuts and bolts aspects of the topic;
— the Emotional / Feelings View shares a summary of the sensitive sides of the topic area;
— the Intellectual / Text View reviews the liturgy and texts involved; and
— the Spiritual / Soul View explores the more esoteric sides of each topic.
Below the summary text explaining each perspective is the Full Story, giving a more complete understanding of that topic.
Listen to spoken text at any time: highlight the desired text, then click on the icon above the text to hear the text spoken.
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