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Article: In ethical wills
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- The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI)
- Article date:
- March 21, 2004
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In ethical wills, women pass on legacies for healing
By KAY HARVEY Knight Ridder Newspapers
Sunday, March 21, 2004
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 Twin Cities family therapist and author.
She began gathering women to think and write about relationships,
work and ...