On Monday at the Western Wall, 1,400 candles will be ... Some Jews have taken on the mourning rituals of the shloshim period despite not being obligated to under Jewish law, in part because ...

Shiva is the first seven days of mourning after the burial ... The night before, many Jews light a candle in remembrance of the dead. The candle is kept burning for 24 hours.

A memorial candle is lit ... that helps people navigate pain and loss. “My non-Jewish friends say you guys do death and mourning right — you got it down,” he said. The Rabbi acknowledged ...