death

Your father is dead and my pot roast is ruined.

What should be done with old Torah scrolls and sacred texts?

Jewish messianism has been repeatedly reinterpreted in the modern era.

Jewish sources have not, as a general rule, focused attention on the specific personal qualities of the Messiah.

The essence of Kaddish may be less in the meaning of the words than in the experience of reciting it with other Jews.

After burial Jewish law requires the mourner to turn from despair in the face of death to the affirmation of life.

Prompt burial of the deceased helps to preserve the dignity of the human being, who is made in the image of God, even in death.

Kriah, or tearing of a piece of clothing, helps mourners confront the reality of death.

Simple white shrouds democratize death and protect the poor from embarrassment.

During aninut, the phase between death and burial, the despairing mourner is freed of ritual obligations.