Jewish Death and Mourning: Sitting Shiva

Rabbi Balk explains the Jewish laws, customs and traditions regarding the time immediately after burial, called the shiva period. For more information, or to Ask the Rabbi questions, please go to www.shiva.com.

[@GenK1991]

Thank you for this! I am going to a friends shiva but I’m Christian so I didn’t know what the customs were.

[@sharroneblanck109]

Thank you

[@brianbrenton1025]

Thank you. I am not Jewish. The rituals, though, they provide some comfort. More than I have any right to expect.

[@part6133]

One also has to see how Dwight Gooden pitched when his father was sick