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Eduqas GCSE - Religious Studies - Judaism - Mourning Rituals
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- 1What should the Person do if they know they're Dying?Recite the Shema
- 2What should the Grieving do on Hearing that someone has Died?> Tear Clothes (Keriah)
> 7 Days of Intense Mourning Begin (Shiva)
> Mirrors covered, no leather, makeup or haircuts
> Prayers for the Dead happen 3 Times a Day - 3How is the Body of the Deceased Prepared for Burial?> Treated by the Chevra Kadisha
> Wash the body
> Put the body in a plain white shroud and the Tallid (Prayer Shawl)
> Candles are lit around the body
> Never left alone, until the burial
> Those who sit with the body are called Shomerim - 4What happens at the Burial?> As quickly as possible
> (Almost always) Burial over cremation
> Simple funeral: psalms often read
> Coffin is unpolished with no brass handles to show that all are alike in death
> Mourners pray - Kaddish recited
> Those who are closest keep Avelut for 12 months
> Main mourner is no longer an onan - 5What happens during Shiva?> Represent that life cannot immediately carry on after a loved one has died
> First week after the burial
> Male mourners recite Kaddish
> Some sit on low stools
> Mirrors often covered, no music
> Candle kept burning day and night
> Shabbat: no mourning should take place - 6What are common features of Jewish Burial Practices?> Tombstone before the end of the first year after the death
> Important to visit the grave
> Marked with stones - not flowers as it is permanent, also Abraham thought to have used a pebble to mark where his wife was buried
> Yahrzeit Ceremony - held each year to mark the death - 7Define Onan Define Shomerim Define Chevra KadishaChief Mourner exempt from Mitzvot
People who sit with the body until burial
Jewish Funeral Society - 8Define Shiva Define Avelut7 Days of Intense Mourning after the Funeral
12 Month Period of Mourning for the Closest Mourners - 9Define YahrzeitA prayer (usually with a ceremony) for the dead
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