Jewish law does not require traditional mourning or burial practices for a baby who lived fewer than 30 days. Instead, the Glazers spent the Shabbat following the stillbirth ritually preparing ...

7 massacre that killed 1,400 Israelis — even though many of their loved ones have yet to reach that point in the Jewish grieving process. The 30-day mark after death is a meaningful moment in ...

For Senior Rabbi Jason Nevarez at Beth Israel, the largest Jewish congregation in San Diego and oldest in Southern California ...

In Jewish tradition, this recognition of personal grief is supported by rituals that provide comfort and connection at every ...

Making sure that a Jewish person has a proper burial is not ... When the person dies they will continue to be involved in the burial and the mourning which follows.

There’s a long-running debate among observant Jews about whether it is appropriate, in Jewish law, to establish days of mourning and fasting to commemorate individual calamities that have ...