Mourning Practices for the Loss of a Parent
The period of mourning for one’s parents is a full twelve months, and serves a deeply therapeutic function for the mourner.
Rabbi Carl Astor
The period of mourning for one’s parents is a full twelve months, and serves a deeply therapeutic function for the mourner.
Shloshim are the thirty days that follows the week of shivah and is considered a period of reduced mourning.