The Halachic Framework of Mourning and Bereavement and its Implications for the Helping Professions


 

Publication Date: June 1975

Publisher: Jewish Communal Service Association of North America

Author(s): Ruben Schindler

Research Area: Culture and religion; Social conditions

Keywords: Death; Psychology; Jewish Law (Halacha)

Type: Report

Abstract:

The halachic (Jewish legal) framework for mourning provides a framework of structure and support, the author contends. He explores the therapeutic dimensions suggested by the halachic framework, from pre-burial through the five-stage timeline of traditional Jewish mourning.