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August 30, 2024

For a Country in Mourning, Two Important Milestones

The cessation of Kaddish and a wedding in Be’eri.

According to Jewish tradition, those mourning a close relative recite the Aramaic prayer known as Kaddish (literally, “sanctification”) daily from the funeral until eleven months after the death. Following the Jewish calendar, those whose spouses, siblings, parents, and children were murdered on October 7 concluded saying Kaddish this week. Sivan Rahav Meir reflects:

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