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Ethical Wills

In 2007 I took my first workshop in ALEPH's Sage-ing Mentorship Program. In it I was introduced to the concept of the ethical will, and I began the process of creating my own such document in time for my 60th birthday. As the process unfolded I found myself writing poetic musings about a wide range of seemingly random subjects — from Revelation to Subways, to Legacy, to Pelicans, to Insomnia, and more than a dozen more. To my own surprise, each time I wrote one of these pieces I felt moved to let its content suggest one or more blessings that I thought I was offering to the family and friends who would one day read them. Ultimately, I recognized that the blessings I thought to offer were really the blessings I yearned to receive.

I shared my ethical will in draft form with my family on my 60th birthday. Later I built a primitive website to house the work. Later, still, I turned it all into a hardbound book, Blessings — A Spiritual Gift for My Family and Friends. Now, with this new website I hope to share these thoughts and blessings with a wider circle. 

In 2016 I was taking a class that asked us to write an ethical will. Having done this some years earlier, I took an approach of using the earlier work as a springboard for a new more concise document — my Ethical Will Revisited.

If the topic of Ethical Wills is new, check out some links I have provided for your edification. Also, I am available for for coaching and mentoring in writing your ethical will.
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  • HOME
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    • Yesh's Story
    • What's in a name?
    • The Logo
  • Spirit
    • Spiritual Direction
    • Jewish Spiritual Direction
    • J. Article
    • INDIVIDUAL
    • GROUP
    • Sage-ing Mentorship
  • WORDS
    • A Precious Heritage
    • Cutting Room Floor
    • The Blog
    • ETHICAL WILLS >
      • ETHICAL WILL Revisited
      • BLESSINGS >
        • Dedication
        • Prologue
        • Introduction
        • Journals
        • Insomnia
        • Nature
        • Pelicans
        • Subways
        • Connection
        • Revelation
        • Yeshaya
        • Points of View
        • Na'aseh V'nishma
        • Path
        • Disturbance
        • Cycles
        • Elul
        • Shofar
        • Forgiveness
        • Study
        • Legacy
        • My Dad
        • Benediction
      • References
    • Salt & Pepper >
      • Preface to S&P
      • Salt & Pepper
      • You've Gone
      • Brothers
      • A Friend Like Jim
      • Fathers Day
      • Password: shalom
      • Tekiah Gadolah
      • Following One's Dream
  • Art
    • ELROD SNIDLEY
  • Challah, etc.
    • Recipe
    • References
    • "CHALLETTE"
    • Babka!
    • Bagels
  • Contact