If we understand how to properly tap into the power of Yom Tov, the same is true in that case as well. The joy of Yom Tov simply cannot coexist with mourning. That joy is so great that it "nullifies" the feelings of mourning. Can you explain to me something about the difference between Ashkenazi and Sephardic Jewry?
What exactly do those terms mean and what are the I noticed something very curious. I am allergic to grapes. Is there an alternative way I can make Kiddush — perhaps on a different beverage? It has always bothered me why all of the first-borns in Egypt had to suffering in that final, devastating plague. There is no mention in the verses I've been striving to get more into spirituality. But it seems that every time I make some progress, I find myself slipping right back to where I Get Our Emails.
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Amazingly, the shiva is just deemed complete as soon as the holiday begins. And that can be disconcerting. I know, since this happened to me when my mom passed away and was buried two days before the holiday of Shavuot began. This left us with only a little more than a day to sit shiva — and then it was time to… celebrate? Sure, I enjoy Shavuot; usually I spend the holiday staying up late, eating cheesecake and seeing friends.
Yes, she was 87 years old. Yes, she had been very sick for a very long time. But I cried the minute I heard of her death as if it had been a complete surprise. My mother envied my Jewish learning and she always wished she knew more than she did. But, even with all my years of yeshiva study, I sometimes struggle, as she did, to make sense of the laws. I remember learning how the shiva demonstrates the wisdom and compassion of our laws as it institutionalizes support for the mourners in their time of deepest need.
Jews — of all denominations — feel a strong obligation to visit someone sitting shiva. At every synagogue, members band together to make meals for the mourners and ensure that their practical, religious and emotional needs are met. The only exceptions to the shiva are Shabbat and Yom Tov Jewish holidays. Shabbat is counted as one of the seven days although the outward demonstrations of mourning are forbidden.
Then, after sunset, shiva resumes if the seven days have not been completed. But Yom Tov completely interrupts — and abruptly ends — the mourning period.
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