Seudat Havra’ah, The Meal of Condolence

Seudat Havra’ah, The Meal of Condolence

Death, Mourning

Jewish ritual life often intersects with symbolic foods and at the end-of-life, the Meal of Condolence is that moment. The Meal of Condolence is the first full meal that the mourners eat upon returning home to begin sitting shiva, the seven-day period of mourning...