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Article: Spiritual-ethical wills are way for women to leave heartfelt legacy.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
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- March 15, 2004
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Byline: Kay Harvey
For centuries, Jewish fathers wrote letters to their sons to be given after they died. Unlike wills that distribute possessions, these ethical wills passed down personal morality and values.
They intrigued Rachael Freed so much that she took up a serious study of them and came to see that the deep self-reflection by the writer made the ethical will a two-way gift.
Then, an idea hit.
"I thought, I'm going to transform this into a women's healing tool," says the family therapist and author.
She began gathering women to think and write about relationships, work and passions that have shaped who they've become. ...