With the bodies of hostages set to return home, Jewish law raises complex questions—when to mourn, how to bury, and what to ...

Disbelief is an understatement for Hagit and Ruby Chen, whose son Itay, was taken hostage on October 7 by Hamas, and later ...

Jewish holidays usually follow the same ... the family traditionally partakes in a seven-day period of mourning called shiva. It begins promptly after the burial, and while not all mourners ...

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 ...

Hundreds of people who knew Rabbi Levi Wolosow streamed through his Manalapan home to sit shiva after his unexpected death on ...

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. “ ...

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 ...