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Support, love and gluten free all combined
My apologies if this post seems a bit mixed up and all over the place, but that's how things have been lately for us.
While we were in Toronto a few weeks ago after the unexpected passing of my brother in law Daniel, we were greeted with loads of food, as is customary in the Jewish religion. Without going into a whole cultural lesson here I'll give you the key points to the Jewish mourning customs. The Rabbi who performed the funeral service explained it quite eloquently, I assure you that I will mess up her lovely words in some way, but the gist of it is this...
Though difficult and challenging, in Judaism we surround those who are morning with a supportive community and we do…
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