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| | | When there is a death, near relatives of the deceased follow a set of mourning customs for a week; this is called “sitting shiva”, or shiva for short; shiva means seven, the seven-day mourning period. Also, for the following eleven months the mourners recite a special memorial prayer, the Kaddish; this can only be recited in a quorum, which is why Mechel, who will be traveling alone, asks his friend to say it for him in a minyan. | |
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