(Hebrew. ‘Rending’) Rending garments as a symbol of mourning. Traditionally on the death of parent, spouse, child, or sibling, a tear is made in the coat lapel before the funeral takes place. The custom goes back to *Biblical times (eg....

Anniversary of the death of parent, spouse, child or sibling. The custom of yahrzeit is widely observed although the *Sephardim call it nahalah. *Kaddish is said and a twenty-four hour memorial *candle ignited. Yahrzeit is also observed for eminent...

Bereavement in Judaism (Hebrew: אבלות, aveilut ; "mourning") is a combination of minhag ("traditional custom") and mitzvot ("commandments") derived from Judaism's classical Torah and rabbinic texts. The details of observance and...