Shiva
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News Meet the Jewish funeral cats of Sacramento
Jewish mourning rituals offer a deeply rooted structure to guide a grieving family. And sometimes there's a cat, too
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Culture ‘The creation of a space’: How sitting shiva mirrors a therapeutic relationship
What lies behind the healing power of shiva?
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Opinion How Jewish mourning rituals can help us move from Oct. 7 to a peaceful future
We do not get over the pain, but we move forward while holding it
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News ‘He lived such a full life’: In a city on a hilltop, a family mourns its oldest son
Mitzpe Yericho, a settlement outside of Jerusalem, grieves a 19-year-old who loved music and Torah
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Opinion How do we forge ahead after calamity? The Jewish way of mourning offers a roadmap.
Tradition understands the gradual, crooked path of recovering from tragedy, writes the cofounder of an Orthodox women’s yeshiva
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Opinion Spare us your explanations about what’s happening in Israel — now is the time for grief
Nearly every Jew knows someone directly affected by the violence in Israel, and in a sense, we're all sitting shiva
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Opinion Must I say kaddish for my abusive father?
I had prayed to God for help. Now, for the first time, I could pray to God from my synagogue.
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Culture Going to your first Orthodox shiva? Here’s what you need to know
No, you don't need to bring food — but do bring a kippah
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