Chaplain Resources

Support for chaplains working with the Jewish community

Tefilot That Provide Meaning and Comfort During Times of Medical Uncertainty

Psalms for
Healing

Additional Psalms for Healing

Tefilot Before & After Medical Treatment

Bedside Prayers on Behalf
of the Critically Ill

Vidui & Tefilot
for the Individual

Prayer of Personal
Recovery

Prayer of Gratitude
for Healing

Guidelines for the Ill During
Jewish Holidays and Shabbat

Taken with permission from Rabbi Dr. Jason Weiner's Guide to Traditional Jewish Observance in a Hospital

Rosh Hashana & Yom Kippur

Sukkot

Chanukah

Pesach

Tisha B’Av

Shabbat

Articles on Tefilah, Illness, and End-of-Life Care in Judaism

Articles on Prayer During Illness

The Many Voices of Prayer

Praying for Miraculous Healing

Why Do We Recite Tehilim?

Prayers for the Terminally Ill

Prayers at the Time of Death

Funeral Rituals

Mourning Rituals

Articles on End-of-Life Care in Judaism

Pain Medication at the End-of-Life

General Principles of End-of-Life Care

Withholding and Withdrawing Treatment

Resuscitation and DNRs

Intubation and DNI

Artificial Feeding

Hospice Care

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