With this book, anyone, from any tradition, can write an ethical will.Words that come from the heart enter the heart.” Many of these wills come from plain ordinary fathers and mothers, yet they touch the hearts of all who read them. And so I suggest that you read these wills, and then that you try your hand at writing one of your own. If you do, you will leave a gift to the future, and the not-yet-born children of your children’s children will thank you and ble...

Ethical wills are precious spiritual documents, summing up what the writers have learned in life, and what they want most for, and from, their families. This unique combination of “what is” and “how to” offers a step-by-step process to help you prepare an ethical will of your own and provides a wide range of contemporary ethical wills for examples.

Leave your loved ones a legacy of blessings, wisdom, gratitude and hope. "Done right, an ethical will is a gift of love, a way of saying, 'This is what I found gave me satisfaction and gave my life meaning. It animated my relationship to you and to your mother (or father). May it do the same for you. I send this to you with much love.'" —from the Foreword by Rabbi Harold S. Kushner Ethical wills are precious spiritual documents, windows into the souls of those who write them, and are often...