Rabbi Cosgrove: Postcards (Yizkor, Yom Kippur 2022)
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The moment of Yizkor makes us aware of the finite and indefinite length of our lives. Rabbi Cosgrove encourages us not only to remember our debts to those who have gone before but also to recognize our responsibility to those who will follow us and will, in time, remember us.
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