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- noun Alternative spelling of
shiva .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun (Judaism) a period of seven days of mourning after the death of close relative
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Examples
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It took me years to open the brown envelope my great aunt Harriet slipped into my hand after the seven days of shivah had passed and I was returning home to New York.
History of a Suicide Jill Bialosky 2011
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Papa wanted to continue the prayers, I think, but she asked our neighbors to leave and ended the shivah two days early, which began an argument with my father, who went to the Spanish War shortly after, and has not returned.
Deadly Julie Chibbaro 2011
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After the funeral and a week of shivah had passed, I returned to New York.
History of a Suicide Jill Bialosky 2011
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After the funeral and a week of shivah had passed, I returned to New York.
History of a Suicide Jill Bialosky 2011
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Papa wanted to continue the prayers, I think, but she asked our neighbors to leave and ended the shivah two days early, which began an argument with my father, who went to the Spanish War shortly after, and has not returned.
Deadly Julie Chibbaro 2011
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Papa wanted to continue the prayers, I think, but she asked our neighbors to leave and ended the shivah two days early, which began an argument with my father, who went to the Spanish War shortly after, and has not returned.
Deadly Julie Chibbaro 2011
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Papa wanted to continue the prayers, I think, but she asked our neighbors to leave and ended the shivah two days early, which began an argument with my father, who went to the Spanish War shortly after, and has not returned.
Deadly Julie Chibbaro 2011
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It took me years to open the brown envelope my great aunt Harriet slipped into my hand after the seven days of shivah had passed and I was returning home to New York.
History of a Suicide Jill Bialosky 2011
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Papa wanted to continue the prayers, I think, but she asked our neighbors to leave and ended the shivah two days early, which began an argument with my father, who went to the Spanish War shortly after, and has not returned.
Deadly Julie Chibbaro 2011
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The Jewish traditions around sitting shivah, the seven-day mourning period after a death, make sense to me:
The Suffering of Others Fresca 2010
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