• 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)
    collection") is a bath used for ritual immersion in Judaism to achieve ritual purity. In Orthodox Judaism, these regulations are steadfastly adhered to;...
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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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    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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    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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    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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    Kittel (category Bereavement in Judaism)
    holidays, in the synagogue or at home when leading the Passover seder. Grooms sometimes wear kittels. It is also customary for Jews to be buried in a kittel...
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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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    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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    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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    Yizkor (category Bereavement in Judaism)
    A Time for Weeping, A Time for Healing". In Morgan, John D.; Laungani, Pittu (eds.). Death and Bereavement around the World: Major Religious Traditions...
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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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  • stage of bereavement in Judaism Taharah, the aspect of ritual purity in Islam Tahara, Victoria, a locality in Australia Tahara, Aichi, a city in Japan Tahara...
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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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  • 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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    Zechuto Yagen Aleinu (category Bereavement in Judaism)
    in different ways, shapes or forms. The first known mention of the phrase appears in the Yehi Ratzon prayer, recited before the psalms, as found in the...
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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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  • 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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  • 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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    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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  • 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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    mapping process, stakeholders’ involvement and awareness raising". Bereavement in Judaism Category:Jewish cemeteries by country "IAJGS cemetery site". Iajgs...
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    Judaism (Hebrew: יַהֲדוּת‎, romanized: Yahăḏūṯ) is an Abrahamic monotheistic ethnic religion that comprises the collective spiritual, cultural, and legal...
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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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  • Ana BeKoach (category Bereavement in Judaism)
    important name in terms of Kabbalah and orthodox Judaisms understanding of HaShem. Kabbalah investigates other names of HaShem, which are contained in the 4-letter...
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  • Halachic Organ Donor Society (category Bereavement in Judaism)
    Halachic Organ Donor Society, also known as the HOD Society, was started in December 2001. Its mission is to save lives by increasing organ donation from...
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    romanized: Ḥăsīdus) or Hasidic Judaism is a religious movement within Judaism that arose in the 18th century as a spiritual revival movement in contemporary Western...
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