Tag: Shloshim
Thirty days, 85 years
This week marked 30 days since the Oct. 7 massacre.
Jews traditionally divide mourning into three stages—one week of shiva, 30 days, known as shloshim, and one year, marking the end of the formal grieving period. The...
30-day mourning period for Israeli Esther Horgen to be observed online
Family and friends of Esther Horgen, the 52-year-old Israeli mother of six who was murdered by an Arab terrorist last month, are organizing a Zoom event for the general public on Wednesday evening, Jan. 20, to mark her shloshim—the...
What have we learned one month after the Pittsburgh heartbreak?
When an armed man entered the Tree of Life*Or L’Simcha Synagogue in Pittsburgh’s Squirrel Hill neighborhood during Shabbat-morning services on Oct. 27, the carnage that followed sent shock waves through the Jewish world. The...