tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5541500.post5053427662799682062..comments2024-03-29T11:29:58.276+09:00Comments on BigHominid's Hairy Chasms: gi-il (忌日, 기일)Kevin Kimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01328790917314282058noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5541500.post-7660825819264651662013-01-08T08:31:17.421+09:002013-01-08T08:31:17.421+09:00This is such a heart-felt post. I know almost ever...This is such a heart-felt post. I know almost everyone of us love our mothers so much. Everyday without them is a mourning day.Kstylickhttp://kstylick.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5541500.post-58131709387602689792013-01-08T03:52:44.572+09:002013-01-08T03:52:44.572+09:00Thanks, Joh and Jeff.Thanks, Joh and Jeff.Kevin Kimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01328790917314282058noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5541500.post-4183618917044733042013-01-08T03:32:17.278+09:002013-01-08T03:32:17.278+09:00My condolences again, Kevin. You were fortunate to...My condolences again, Kevin. You were fortunate to have such a mother. She was fortunate to have such a son.<br /><br />Jeffery Hodges<br /><br />* * *Horace Jeffery Hodgeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16684513618463766017noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5541500.post-43745472224157538202013-01-08T00:58:55.543+09:002013-01-08T00:58:55.543+09:00Mothers go, but they never leave us.
Mothers go, but they never leave us.<br /><br />Johhttp://www.mccrarey.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5541500.post-38949538789256288272013-01-07T14:43:26.498+09:002013-01-07T14:43:26.498+09:00Thank you all for your beautiful comments. Hugs a...Thank you all for your beautiful comments. Hugs all around.Kevin Kimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01328790917314282058noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5541500.post-35105631639058484962013-01-07T14:11:16.250+09:002013-01-07T14:11:16.250+09:00A little belated, but as always my thoughts are wi...A little belated, but as always my thoughts are with you.Charleshttp://www.liminality.orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5541500.post-17857644484721945242013-01-07T11:29:46.004+09:002013-01-07T11:29:46.004+09:00I'm sorry for your loss, this year as when I f...I'm sorry for your loss, this year as when I first heard from you that your mother had passed.<br /><br />...And, although it's a little late this year, if I can ever help with a chesa or other memorial at any point, even if it's simply including your mother and family in our regular blessings, let me know. Seon Joonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13151808185328643526noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5541500.post-48987069044653867912013-01-07T08:15:53.170+09:002013-01-07T08:15:53.170+09:00May your mother's memory be for a blessing to ...May your mother's memory be for a blessing to you and your family.<br /><br />Interestingly, among traditional Jews, birthdays are not considered important at all, but the <i>yahrzeit</i> - the anniversary of one's death - is always commemorated by the recitation of the Mourner's Kaddish. (Among our little group of regular morning services attendees, it's also a tradition to take all the people who attend the service to breakfast - it's a way of not only commemorating the deceased, it's a way of thanking people for showing up and making up the necessary quorum of ten for reciting Kaddish.) There are a few other prayers, and there's the lighting of a memorial candle... nothing too complicated.<br /><br />The rationale for observing the <i>yahrzeit</i> instead of birthdays? When someone moves on to the next world, he or she has walked the planet, affecting the existence of loved ones and friends, and doing (one hopes) good deeds. At birth, we don't know a person's potential; at death, we have a much better picture. Anyway, that's one explanation... and some insight into a fascinating confluence of two different cultures.Elissonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06299361897381169534noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5541500.post-14436604309979116242013-01-07T07:23:34.356+09:002013-01-07T07:23:34.356+09:00I'm sorry for your and your family's loss,...I'm sorry for your and your family's loss, three years later. It seems dignified and healthy to remember the departed this way, as if we could ever <i>forget</i> our loved ones.Loriannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11610684937868696220noreply@blogger.com