To: taxcontrol
I'm sure a Jew will answer you better, but here's my understanding:
Sitting shiva is the special mourning one does for a Jew who has died, honoring him and comforting the ones left behind.
5 posted on
05/17/2004 2:25:09 PM PDT by
little jeremiah
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To: little jeremiah
Is it a celebration like a wake or is it more somber like what we down south used to call a "remembrance"?
Sorry for my ignorance, just trying to clarify.
9 posted on
05/17/2004 2:27:34 PM PDT by
taxcontrol
(People are entitled to their opinion - no matter how wrong it is.)
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