Tag: Shivah

A rabbi, familiar with leading others through the process of mourning, goes through the same. Rabbi David Baum remembers his mother.

Rabbi David Baum August 25, 2023 Death and Dying Holidays

The period of mourning for one’s parents is a full twelve months, and serves a deeply therapeutic function for the mourner.

Rabbi Carl Astor, The Observant Life (Book) May 8, 2023 Death and Dying Lifecycles

Tombstone customs in Judaism stem from the religious obligation to mark a grave. This is traditionally done with tombstones or stone markers.

Rabbi Carl Astor, The Observant Life (Book) February 28, 2023 Death and Dying Lifecycles

What do I do when I go to a shivah? Remember that conversation should be about the deceased, not the mourners or the visitors.

Rabbi Carl Astor, The Observant Life (Book) February 26, 2023 Death and Dying Lifecycles

Shloshim are the thirty days that follows the week of shivah and is considered a period of reduced mourning.

Rabbi Carl Astor, The Observant Life (Book) February 26, 2023 Death and Dying Lifecycles

The word shivah refers to the seven days of mourning that follow the burial of a parent, child, sibling, or spouse.

Rabbi Carl Astor, The Observant Life (Book) February 26, 2023 Death and Dying Lifecycles

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