• Bereavement in Judaism (Hebrew: אֲבֵלוּת, avelut, "mourning") is a combination of minhag (traditions) and mitzvah (commandments) derived from the Torah...
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  • 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...
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  • yirkav" שם רשעים ירקב, "the name of the wicked will rot". Bereavement in Judaism Honorifics in Judaism Chazal Birnbaum, Philip (1964). Encyclopedia of Jewish...
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    Mikveh (category Bereavement in Judaism)
    bath used for the purpose of ritual immersion in Judaism to achieve ritual purity. In Orthodox Judaism, these regulations are steadfastly adhered to;...
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    Visitation stones (category Bereavement in Judaism)
    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...
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    Yahrzeit candle (category Bereavement in Judaism)
    Yahrzeitlicht from Lengnau in Aargau (Switzerland), 1830, now in the Jewish Museum of Switzerland Bereavement in Judaism Grave candle Yahrtzeit Memorial...
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    Yahrzeit (category Bereavement in Judaism)
    Day, Jabotinsky Day, and Rabin Day. Bereavement in Judaism  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Adler, Cyrus; Eisenstein...
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  • El Malei Rachamim (category Bereavement in Judaism)
    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...
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    Kittel (category Bereavement in Judaism)
    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...
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    Death anniversary (category Bereavement in Judaism)
    (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...
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    The First Jewish site in Los Angeles is a first Jewish cemetery in the City of Los Angeles, opened in 1855 by Hebrew Benevolent Society of Los Angeles...
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  • Misaskim (category Bereavement in Judaism)
    needs and conveniences of mourners in accordance to Jewish law and custom. Misaskim provides moral support and bereavement assistance to individuals or families...
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    Chevra kadisha (category Bereavement in Judaism)
    (Hebrew: חֶבְרָה קַדִּישָׁא) gained its modern sense of "burial society" in the nineteenth century. It is an organization of Jewish men and women who...
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    Tachrichim (category Bereavement in Judaism)
    traditional simple white burial furnishings, usually made from 100% pure linen, in which the bodies of deceased Jews are dressed by the Chevra Kadisha, or other...
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  • traditions consider it acceptable as long as someone is present in the building. Bereavement in Judaism The Vigil Raphael, Dr. Simcha Paull (1994). Jewish Views...
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  • Tziduk Hadin (category Bereavement in Judaism)
    Rock, perfect in all His deeds. Who can say to Him, 'What do You do?' You Who says and fulfills, do undeserved kindness with us, and in the merit of him...
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  • part of these services because of the impact losing so many pillars of Judaism would have to the masses. As such, it has become one of the 'highlights'...
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  • Kaddish (category Bereavement in Judaism)
    in the musical Come from Away. Bereavement in Judaism Notes  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Singer, Isidore;...
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  • Agunah (category Bereavement in Judaism)
    Conservative Judaism to find remedies for the problem of the agunah. The first, beginning in the 1950s, was the inclusion of the Lieberman clause in the ketubah...
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    Grave (section In language)
    expressed as the vicarious sentiment of a deceased person. Stećak Bereavement in Judaism Burial at sea Cenotaph Christian burial Cremation Crypt Dolmen Funeral...
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    mapping process, stakeholders’ involvement and awareness raising". Bereavement in Judaism Category:Jewish cemeteries by country "IAJGS cemetery site". Iajgs...
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  • Jewish Community Memory Garden (category Bereavement in Judaism)
    loss due to miscarriage or abortion, or stillbirth or death of a newborn. Judaism has a complex definition of the beginning of life, and does not have a...
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    maintain your level of holiness. Happiness in Judaism Anger in Judaism Heaven in Judaism Bereavement in Judaism Kiddush Hashem Blue Letter Bible. "H6944...
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    Chesed Shel Emes (category Bereavement in Judaism)
    Kindness") is a Jewish voluntary organisation that is found in various forms around the world. In Israel, the primary Chesed Shel Emet is known as ZAKA, though...
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    Orthodox Judaism is the collective term for the traditionalist branches of contemporary Judaism. Theologically, it is chiefly defined by regarding the...
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    having originated as an organized religion in the Middle East during the Bronze Age. Contemporary Judaism evolved from Yahwism, the cultic religious movement...
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    known as Hasidic Judaism (Ashkenazi Hebrew: חסידות Ḥăsīdus, [χasiˈdus]; originally, "piety"), is a religious movement within Judaism that arose as a spiritual...
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  • Av HaRachamim (category Bereavement in Judaism)
    which prays for the souls of all Jewish martyrs. Martyrdom in Judaism Bereavement in Judaism Kaddish Eisenberg, Ronald (January 2010). Jewish Traditions:...
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    According to the Talmud, there were 48 prophets and 7 prophetesses of Judaism (Hebrew: נְבִיאִים Nəvīʾīm, Tiberian: Năḇīʾīm, "Prophets", literally "spokespersons")...
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  • a stage of bereavement in Judaism Taharah, the aspect of purity in Islam Tahara, Victoria, a locality in Australia Tahara, Aichi, a city in Japan Tahara...
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