You may be most familiar with — or you might have at least heard of — shiva. This is the mourning period that begins on the day of the burial and is also known as “sitting shiva.” Here’s what you need to know if you’re not Jewish. What’s Sitting Shiva? Traditionally, shiva...
“If you’re heightened from the day, stressed, or anxious, just sitting and facing your partner, hearing the breath (not being afraid of having outward, audible breaths and sighs that can turn into moans), and letting the breath fall on the other person’s face or ears is a really ...
Learn the basics and gain confidence about Jewish holidays and traditions.Shiva: How to Help Your Friend in Mourning Shiva is a word that means seven in Hebrew. Shiva is a word people use to explain the week-long mourning period in Judaism. When friends and loved ones lose someone, it ...
He ruled thus despitethe fact that on other days of the week,a mourner may travel in order to finishsitting shivah at another location. Itappears that Rabbi Moshe Feinsteinmay have disagreed with the pesak of theKol Bo and is cited31 as ruling that amourner may return home for Shabbat...
Meaning of Asana:The Sanskrit term an “Asana” is derived from the root term “asi” means “to be”. Simply, an Asana is a seat, a pose, or a posture. A posture of sitting, standing, revolving, and other is asana but not all asanas are meant for yoga. ...
The UPSC Prelims 2024 is going to be held on 26th May. UPSC aspirants can visit the linked article and know more about the prelims examination. Civil Services Examination 2023 Notification is out. Aspirants looking forward to sitting for IAS Exam this year, must go through the linked article...
What is Cutting for Stone about? What happens to Jamison in Gathering Blue? What happens to Lotus in The Good Earth? What is the purpose of the book Cutting for Stone? In The Color of Water, what is the aftermath of Ruth's family sitting Shiva for her and its effect on her? What ...
But always present is the yellow chair and the faces of the hostages still in Gaza for over a year. On the Jerusalem streets, it is hard not to remember the 101 remaining hostages. The Shiva of Rabbi Avi Goldberg hy”d concluded with thousands coming to pay condolences to the family of...
“I am Makardhwaja, your son!” Hanuman is confused since he did not have any child, being an adept Brahmachari. The creature explains, “While you were jumping over the ocean, a drop of your semen(veeriya) fell to the ocean and into the mouth of a mighty crocodile. This is the ...
Versova Beach:This is the beach which is now widely popularized by Bollywood Munnabhai Films. The sight of Sunjay Dutt sitting atop huge boulders, overlooking the vast expanse of Arabian Sea, lost deep in his dilemmas, has become the defining picture of this historically significant Mumbai Beach...