Posts Tagged: Shiva
Why We Need a Year of Mourning for Our Parents
The Torah warns us against excessive mourning in a most unusual way: “You are the children of God your Lord. Do not mutilate yourselves and...
The Limits of Grief in the Jewish Mourning Process
“You are children of the Lord your God. Do not cut yourselves or shave the front of your heads for the dead, for you are...
Judaism and Death
I have just had to try to comfort a family devastated by the loss of middle-aged siblings, barely months apart, after long debilitating illnesses and...
IDF Hero Nitsan Baldran Remembered on Yom Hazikaron
Sunday marks Israel's memorial day. The country's official Day of Remembrance (Yom Hazikaron) is seen as a day to reflect on victims of terrorism and...
1st Degree Murder Charge in Killing of Leibby Kletzky
UPDATE: Friday morning, a spokesman in the office of Brooklyn District Attorney Charles Hynes, confirmed that Levi Aron, the suspect in the murder and dismemberment of 8...
