(Hebrew. ‘Seven’) Seven days of *mourning. After the death of a close relative, it is customary to sit without shoes on a low stool while friends and relations come to visit to pay their condolences. Work is forbidden during this period....

Shiv'ah or shiva (Hebrew: שבעה ; "seven") is the name for Judaism's week-long period of grief and mourning for the seven first-degree relatives: father, mother, son, daughter, brother, sister, or spouse; grandparents and grandchildren are...