Now more than ever, people are turning to their rabbis and communities to seek the consolation they need in times of mourning and bereavement. As such, the field of pastoral care is becoming increasingly important to clergy of all faiths. "To Walk in G-d's Ways: Jewish Pastoral Perspectives on Illness and Bereavement" illustrates how the structure and themes of Jewish tradition, using cognitive empathy, allow both the community and rabbi to help the patient and mourner alleviate his or her suffering. While Jewish tradition has much to say on the themes of death, mourning, and bereavement, it has never been fully examined with an eye toward pastoral care. Rabbi Ozarowski shows that Jewish pastoral theology is based on imitating the Almighty, who shows care for us in times of illness and bereavement. Human efforts are accomplished through cognitive empathy, or sharing the mourner's pain, thus alleviating some of the suffering. Furthermore, the sharing of these empathic qualities via bikur holim (visiting the sick) and nihum aveilim (comforting the bereaved) is not restricted to clergy in Judaism and is incumbent on every Jew. This volume includes extensive source material from classic Jewish texts and modern rabbinic scholars on illness and grief, as well as gleanings from contemporary psychology, material from Protestant traditions, and the clinical experiences of the author, who develops scientific roles for the rabbi that include pastoral manager, teacher, exemplar in empathy or doctor of soul, member of the patient/mourner's extended family, and representative of the congregation. In addition to covering the issues of liturgy and guidelines of Jewish Law relating to the sick and the mourner, this volume discusses tasks for both rabbis and laity, thus helping to define the pastoral role of the rabbi and the important part that every Jew can and should play in pastoral care for the ill and the mourner.