Sitting/Standing: Shiva After Anti-Semitic Terrorist Attack

shivaSeven-day mourning period following the funeral of a first-degree relative, during which time family members remain at home and receive visits of comfort. Other customs include abstinence from bathing and sex, covering mirrors, sitting lower than other visitors, and the lighting of a special memorial candle which burns for seven days. is not eternity

and if its end is marked

with a walk

then our bodies are not meant

to sink into the ground

until the next beginning

we are the beginning!

and the discipline to create

our own answers 

to speak and shout life

to remake the end