Dear chaverot/chaverim, We're all hurting because of Rabbi Marianne's serious illness. Since it's so hard to verbalize the pain of what are losing, the Jewish tradition does offer its comforting ways. One is the custom of reciting Psalms at this time, such as Pss. 23, 103 and 139 (omitting verses 19-22). Shalom, Eric L. Friedland