Bereavement in Judaism

thumb|Mikvah Mei Chaya Mushka in Crown Heights, Brooklyn

The Kaddish (, 'holy' or 'sanctification'), also transliterated as Qaddish, is a hymn praising God that is recited during Jewish prayer services. The central theme of the Kaddish is the magnification and sanctification of God's name. In the liturgy, different versions of the Kaddish are functionally chanted or sung to separate the sections of the service.

anniversary celebrated on the day on which an individual died

Jewish burial association

Jewish mourning practices

week-long mourning period in Judaism for first-degree relatives

An aguna or agunah (, plural: , ʿaḡunoṯ) is a Jewish woman who is stuck in her marriage as determined by traditional halakha (Jewish law). The classic case is a man who has left on a journey and has not returned or has gone into battle and is missing in action. It is used as a borrowed term to refer to a woman whose husband refuses or is unable to grant her a divorce (which requires a document known as a get).

right|thumb|220px|A kittel

thumb|This drawing by Alphonse Lévy (1843-1918) shows a man marking his wife's yahrzeit at her grave.

Ten rabbis killed after the Bar Kokba revolt

Jewish prayer for the dead

thumb|250px|Front cover of the Frankfurt am Main|Frankfurter Memorbuch. A Memorbuch (, ) is a book listing localities or countries in which Jews have been persecuted, together with the names of the martyrs, and necrologies.

thumb|right|Yahrzeit candles are commonly lit on the days when Yizkor is recited. Hazkarat Neshamot (), commonly known by its opening word Yizkor (), is an Ashkenazi Jewish memorial prayer service for the dead. It is an important occasion for many Jews, even those who do not attend synagogue regularly. In most Ashkenazi communities, it is held after the Torah reading four times a year: on Yom Kippur, on the final day of Passover, on the second day of Shavuot, and on Shemini Atzeret.

Jewish prayer

type of candle that is lit in memory of the dead in Judaism

Jewish memorial prayer

Jewish terms of honor for the deceased