Bereavement in Judaism (Hebrew: אֲבֵלוּת, avelut, "mourning") is a combination of minhag (traditions) and mitzvah (commandments) derived from the Torah...

from use in the home of a mourner during Havdalah (the end of shabbat). Bereavement in Judaism Shemira Lamm, Maurice (1969). The Jewish Way in Death and...

yirkav" שם רשעים ירקב, "the name of the wicked will rot". Bereavement in Judaism Honorifics in Judaism Chazal Birnbaum, Philip (1964). Encyclopedia of Jewish...

bath used for the purpose of ritual immersion in Judaism to achieve ritual purity. In Orthodox Judaism, these regulations are steadfastly adhered to;...

visitation stones is significant in Jewish bereavement practices. Small stones are placed by people who visit Jewish graves in an act of remembrance or respect...

Day, Jabotinsky Day, and Rabin Day. Bereavement in Judaism  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Adler, Cyrus; Eisenstein...

Yahrzeitlicht from Lengnau in Aargau (Switzerland), 1830, now in the Jewish Museum of Switzerland Bereavement in Judaism Grave candle Yahrtzeit Memorial...

graveside during the burial service and at memorial services during the year. In the Eastern Ashkenazi liturgy, the prayer is usually chanted by a chazzan...

(in East Asian cultural civilizations) or Hinduism and Buddhism (South Asia but mainly in India, Nepal and Sri Lanka and Southeast Asia). In Judaism (the...

holidays, in the synagogue or at home when leading the Passover seder. Kittels are sometimes worn by grooms. It is also customary for Jews to be buried in a kittel...