<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><span style="font-size: 21px;" class="">Acharei Mot is the only Torah portion with the word “death” in its title.<br class="">The two words together are captivating: ACHAREI mot.<br class="">In other words, we should be focusing on “Acharei,” AFTER death.<br class="">As depressing, difficult and mysterious as death is, we must not dwell <br class="">on it. We must go on with our lives “Acharei" AFTER.</span><br class=""><br class=""><br class=""><i class=""><b class=""><br class="">Life is eternal, and love is immortal, and death is only a horizon; <br class="">and a horizon is nothing save the limit of our sight</b>. <br class=""></i><br class=""><b class=""><font color="#161d3d" class="">Rossiter Worthington Raymond </font><font color="#5b78ff" class=""> (April 27, 1840 in Cincinnati, Ohio – December 31, 1918 in Brooklyn, New York)</font><br class=""><br class=""><font color="#5b78ff" class="">He was an American mining engineer, legal scholar and author. At his memorial, </font><br class=""><font color="#5b78ff" class="">the President of Lehigh University described him as "one of the most remarkable cases </font><br class=""><font color="#5b78ff" class="">of versatility that our country has ever seen—sailor, soldier, engineer, lawyer, orator, editor, poet,</font><br class=""><font color="#5b78ff" class="">novelist, story-teller, biblical critic, theologian, teacher, chess-player—he was superior in each capacity. </font><br class=""><font color="#5b78ff" class="">What he did, he always did well." </font></b></body></html>