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What should a mourner do while sitting shiva? A rabbi offers 4 suggestions
With lots of time, mourners can journal, peruse photo albums, and contemplate how to carry the legacy of their loved one into ...
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Hackers threaten online shiva for Brazilian Jewish educator: ‘I’ll enter synagogues and kill everyone’
RIO DE JANEIRO (JTA) – Hackers posting death threats, including “I’ll enter synagogues and kill everyone,” broke into the online mourning ceremony for a former Jewish school principal in ...
Manalapan rabbi passes away suddenly; community helps pregnant widow with 8 children
Hundreds of people who knew Rabbi Levi Wolosow streamed through his Manalapan home to sit shiva after his unexpected death on ...
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Death and mourning rituals
Shiva is the first seven days of mourning ... hospitals and families to ensure that the person's death and burial fits with Jewish teachings and customs. Their work often starts with visits ...
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Larry David gives Jon Hamm a Yiddish lesson in very Jewish start to new season of ‘Curb Your Enthusiasm’
David asks why. “You know, the shiva … the rending of the clothes,” says Hamm, who is not Jewish, using the Hebrew word for the seven-day mourning period that begins after burial. “ ...
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Marriage and death rituals
Shiva is the first seven days of mourning after the burial. Some Jews (particularly Orthodox Jews) do not leave the house during this period of mourning. Instead, others visit them and create a ...