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Shiva Handwashing for Estranged Relations

An important new ritual for this sensitive shiva experience.
  • by Julianne Bellin / Sahar Bareket
estrangement, family, shiva
Ceramic pitcher and bowl with blue floral design, yellow soap, and folded towel on a white surface.

Words for Shiva

“I offer instead / my presence…”
  • by Jacqueline Jules
grief, mourning, shiva
sunbeams coming through the fog in the forest

A Life, A Year

A poem to mark moments in a year of mourning.
  • by Pearl Adler Saban
kaddish, shiva, shloshim, yahrzeit
hourglass and calendar

Humanistic Shiva Service

Shiva service with humanist language

  • by Martin Hasan
Humanist, shiva
A stone with the word Remember rests on a mossy tree stump.

Virtual Memory Circle: For Those Who Cannot Gather for a Funeral or Shiva

  • by Heather Paul
grief, shiva
Smooth stone with Remember engraved, surrounded by a line of small stones on a wooden surface.

Shedding a New Light: A Service for Lighting the Shiva Candle

“May the lingering glow of our loved one’s soul guide us…”

  • by Rabbi Lewis John Eron, PhD
grief, shiva
A lit white candle on a wooden table, with a blurred background.

Mourning to Dancing

A poem on transforming mourning into dancing

  • by Devon Spier
shiva
Person in a white dress stands in a golden wheat field at sunset, with arms gently outstretched.

Jewish Mourning Rituals: Caring for the Body

Caring for the body before a Jewish funeral

  • by BimBam (formerly G-dcast)
Hevra Kaddishah, kaddish, shiva
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Psalm 23: I Do Not Fear in the Valley of Death

A reflection on Psalm 23

  • by BimBam (formerly G-dcast)
kaddish, loss of a child, shiva, shloshim, stillbirth, suicide, unveiling, vidui, widow, yahrzeit, yizkor
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A Jewish Guide to Helping Your Friend in Mourning

Watch the video to learn more about specific Jewish mourning practices and how to be there for your friends and family.

  • by BimBam (formerly G-dcast)
shiva, yahrzeit
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