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Have an existential question for Rabbi Gershon Schusterman? Struggling with an issue of faith? Rabbi Schusterman welcomes you to open a dialogue with him. He will periodically add additional questions and his answers on this blog, so check back soon!
More Questions Than Answers After Devastating Wildfire
Dear Rabbi Schusterman, Due to the tragic loss of my home is a devastating fire, including my studio with a lifetime of files necessary for my profession, I’ve been thrown into such a funk that I haven’t been able to return to my work. I eagerly started reading your book, but I couldn’t read past…
Friends Avoid Me After My Tragic Loss
Dear Rabbi Schusterman, I lost my young daughter tragically in an auto accident three years ago. I’ve been through the worst of the grieving and am back to most of my previous routines. I have a husband and other children who need me, and I need them too. The emotional wounds are healing, though scars…
Still in Searing Pain Years After Tragedy
Dear Rabbi Schusterman, My life has not been easy, but the clincher has been the murder of my husband in a holdup at an ATM. That happened two years ago and I still cannot get over it. Am I destined to spend the rest of my life—I’m 58 years old—in misery? G. K., Milwaukee, WI…
Struggling to Comfort My Grieving Children
Dear Rabbi Schusterman, I lost my husband to cancer a few years ago. We had three children, the oldest was eight-years-old. The children are growing up fatherless and they really miss their wonderful and loving father. Some of them dream of him and when that happens they are very morose and miss him dearly. How…