Many friends offered their condolences not only on the passing of my amazing Hubby, but also for the time which I would need to wait before the mourning period officially would begin.

Shiva is the first seven days of mourning after the burial ... The night before, many Jews light a candle in remembrance of the dead. The candle is kept burning for 24 hours.

A memorial candle is lit ... that helps people navigate pain and loss. “My non-Jewish friends say you guys do death and ...

(JTA) — Rabbi Maurice Lamm, the author of “The Jewish Way in Death and Mourning” and several other notable Jewish books, has died. Lamm died Wednesday night “surrounded by his wife ...