Sitting Shiva

A Tale of Two Tragedies

Israel is the most uplifting place in the world, and on my trip there last week I felt the usual ...

Shiva usually means an entire week off work.

The important thing is not how many separate injunctions are obeyed but how and in what spirit we obey them. ...

The specific prohibitions on mourners during the shiva period reflect the mourner's sense of estrangement from the life force.

A number of Sephardic shiva customs involve individual and communal study.