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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.