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"Mourner" fails to comprehend, permeated as he is with belief in Divine justice, is superadded the malice of man.
The Renascence of Hebrew Literature (1743-1885) Nahum Slouschz 1919
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Renés is more enviable than that of the "Mourner" of the ghetto.
The Renascence of Hebrew Literature (1743-1885) Nahum Slouschz 1919
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Orthodox Jews to this day believe in the final purification, and for eleven months after the death of a loved one, they pray a prayer called the Mourner’s Kaddish for their loved one’s purification.
Archive 2007-09-01 Fr Timothy Matkin 2007
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Orthodox Jews to this day believe in the final purification, and for eleven months after the death of a loved one, they pray a prayer called the Mourner’s Kaddish for their loved one’s purification.
More notes on (intermediate) Heaven Fr Timothy Matkin 2007
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At the crowded double requiem at the Brompton Oratory I was cheered by a comment on my clunking footwear from an old advertising colleague, now a judge: 'Mourner's shoes!'
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2011
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Wallace Shawn's The Designated Mourner really made an impression on me, as did Aunt Dan and Lemon.
A Conversation with Julie Otsuka, author of When the Emperor was Divine 2010
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Alabaster Musée des Beaux-Arts de Dijon FRAME by Jared Bendis and Francois Jay Jean de La Huerta and Antoine le Moiturier Mourner no. 53, mourner with cowl pulled down, hands joined at waist level
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Alabaster Musée des Beaux-Arts de Dijon FRAME by Jared Bendis and Francois Jay Jean de La Huerta and Antoine le Moiturier Mourner no. 78, mourner with cowl pulled down, right hand raised, left hand holding a book in a flap of his cloak
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Alabaster Musée des Beaux-Arts de Dijon FRAME by Jared Bendis and Francois Jay Jean de La Huerta and Antoine le Moiturier Mourner no. 78, mourner with cowl pulled down, right hand raised, left hand holding a book in a flap of his cloak
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Each Mourner stands at a slightly skewed angle, facing out.
Susan Eley: Following a Stint at the Met, the Mourners Travel to Six American Museums 2010
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