Jewish Mourning Customs
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- Jewish Mourning Customs
- 1. Onan: the first 24 hours
- Tear garment
- Body is washed thoroughly
- Kittel - plain white garment
- Tallit for males fringes cut
- Plain coffin
- Remain with body
- Funeral
- Boiled eggs
- Reminder of resurrection and the cyclic essence of life
- 2. Shiva: the first 7 days
- Period of intense mourning
- Mourners stay at home and receive visitors
- All mirrors are covered or turned around
- Mourners sit low to the floor
- A candle is kept alight
- Jewish community visit, offer help and recite the Kaddish
- Shiva baskets are brought to the home
- Mourners should not:
- Wear leather
- These are symbols of personal mortification
- Play music
- These are symbols of personal mortification
- Cut nails or hair
- Wear leather
- 3. Sheloshim: the first 30 days
- Mourners are allowed to leave their home and return to work
- Males must attend a synagogue daily to recite the Kaddish
- Does not mention death
- Praises God and asks for peace and a good life
- Helps the bereaved to accept death as coming from God and continue to praise God, even in times of sadness
- Headstones can be erected over the grave after Sheloshim
- Jewish law requires that headstones are erected so the dead will be remembered and the grave will not be desecrated
- 4. Yahrzeit: anniversary
- In some Jewish communities, pebbles are placed on the grave when visiting; the origins of this act are not clear
- On the anniversary, a candle is kept burning through the night and day and the Kaddish is recited again
- Male mourners continue to recite the Kaddish daily for 11 months
- 1. Onan: the first 24 hours
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