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Blanchard, Rabbi Tsvi. Joining Heaven and Earth: Maimonides and the Laws of Bikkur Cholim. N.Y. National Center for Jewish Healing, 1994

Dass, Ram and Paul Gorman. How Can I Help? Alfred A. Knopf, 1985

Epstein, Sharon Selib. Visiting the Sick: The Mitzvah of Bikur Cholim. Northvale New Jersey: Jason Aronson, 1999

Flam, Rabbi Nancy, Janet Offel & Rabbi Amy Eilberg. Acts of Loving Kindness: A Training Manual for Bikkur Cholim. The National Center for Jewish Healing.

Freeman, David L. & Judith Z. Abrams. Illness and Health in the Jewish Tradition. Philadelphia: Jewish Publication Society, 1999

Handler, Jane, and Hetherington, Kim, with Kelman, Rabbi Stuart L. Give Me Your Hand: Traditional and Practical Guidance on Visiting the Sick. Second Edition. Berkley, CA: Congregation Netivot Shalom, 1997.

Katz, Nina Dubler. Yad L’Yad: A Training Manual for Bikur Cholim. NY: Rabbi Isaac N. Trainin Bikur Cholim Coordinating Council.

Kubler-Ross, Elizabeth. On Death and Dying. MacMillan, 1969.

Kushner, Harold S. When Bad Things Happen to Good People. New York: Schocken Books, 1981

Krauss, Rabbi Pesach. Why Me? Coping with Grief, Loss and Change. NY: Bantam Books, 1988

Lamm, Rabbi Maurice. The Jewish Way in Death and Mourning. New York: Jonathan David Publishers, 1969.

Lamm, Rabbi Maurice. The Power of Hope. NY Simon and Schuster, 1995

Lukeman, Brenda Shoshana. Journey Through Illness and Beyond. New York: Steppingstones Press, 1994

Nachman, Rebbe. The Gentle Weapon: Prayers for Everyday and Not-So-Everyday Moments. Jewish Lights Publishing, 1999

Ozarowski, Rabbi Joseph S. To Walk in God’s Ways: Jewish Pastoral Perspectives on Illness and Bereavement. Northvale, New Jersey: Jason Aronson, 1995

Schur, Rabbi Tzvi G. Illness and Crisis: Coping the Jewish Way. New York: National Conference of Synagogue Youth, 1987.

Stern, Rabbi Sholom. When Words Fail, A Religious Response to Undeserved Hurt. Northvale, New Jersey: Jason Aronson, 1999.

Weintraub, Rabbi Simkha. Healing of Soul, Healing of Body. Woodstock: Jewish Lights Publishing, 1994.

In addition, Jewish Lights Publishing offers a range of books on Jewish spirituality: www.jewishlights.com

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