The Blessing of a Broken Heart Book

Part 1	The Cave	1
Chapter 1	The Cave	3
Chapter 2	The Vessel	5
Chapter 3	The New Land	9
Chapter 4	Contractions of Death	13
Chapter 5	Koby's Death	17
Chapter 6	The Messiah and the Day that Koby was Born	25
Chapter 7	Elijah's Appearance at Koby's Circumcision	31
Chapter 8	The World-to-Come	41
Chapter 9	Potato Chips at the Funeral	45
Chapter 10	The Shiva and the Faces of God	51
Chapter 11	The Canyon and the Spring	57
Chapter 12	Entering the Sabbath	65
Chapter 13	Levels of Pain	71
Chapter 14	The Bullet and the Jewelry Box	73
Chapter 15	The Shooting Star	81
Chapter 16	Koby's Birthday--Becoming Holy Beggars	85
Chapter 17	The Bar Mitzvah	89
Chapter 18	The Cricket	93
Chapter 19	The Broken Glass	97
Chapter 20	Shimon Bar Yochai	99
Chapter 21	Guilt	105
Part 2	The Bird's Nest	109
Chapter 22	Hope	111
Chapter 23	Bird Stories	115
Chapter 24	Thanksgiving Blessings	123
Chapter 25	First Born	127
Chapter 26	Chanukah	133
Chapter 27	Faith	137
Chapter 28	The Language of God	143
Chapter 29	Signs and Dreams	147
Chapter 30	The Family	151
Chapter 31	The Reporters	155
Chapter 32	Pain and Forgiveness	159
Chapter 33	God's Silence	161
Chapter 34	A Hierarchy of Suffering	165
Chapter 35	Purim	167
Chapter 36	My Grandmother's Mantra	173
Chapter 37	Humility	177
Chapter 38	Heaven	181
Chapter 39	The Deer	183
Chapter 40	Our Wedding Anniversary	187
Chapter 41	Not Knowing	191
Chapter 42	Passover 2002	193
Chapter 43	Jacob's Ladder	197
Chapter 44	Another Shimon Bar Yochai Story	201
Chapter 45	The Koby Mandell Foundation	203
Chapter 46	Gulls on the Beach	207
Chapter 47	The Bird's Nest	211
Chapter 48	A Year On	219
Chapter 49	Koby's Articles	223
Appendix	About the Foundation	227
	Bibliography	229
	Acknowledgments	231