Add to that that you can’t understand the language as doctors and nurses hover around you discussing your case. Oh, we surely hear and see – and may personally know – someone, others, who have had a sudden near-death experience. And we all understand, intellectually, how a war veteran can startle when a car backfires. There were days in that horrid hospital after the surgery when I really truly wanted to die. This is how is feels to be enveloped by and belonging to a community that offers comfort and care – whether neighbors, dear friends, family or synagogue.