After he died, I sat shivah and then I began classes. From Wordnik.com. [THE EXTRA MAN] Reference
The day after the shivah, I went back and started to work again. From Wordnik.com. [Unforgiven] Reference
Kim's funeral was Thursday, and he'd been sitting shivah since then. From Wordnik.com. [Body Wave]
The next week, right after the shivah, Mike came home on a Friday night. From Wordnik.com. [Tessie and Pearlie] Reference
It was more like a hybrid between sitting shivah and attending an Irish wake. From Wordnik.com. [Cold Case]
Sam, the mensch who counseled her children how to behave while sitting shivah for Izzy. From Wordnik.com. [Tessie and Pearlie] Reference
When we returned to the house to sit shivah, my father stormed through the semi-shag in the living room. From Wordnik.com. [Gone for Good]
And I suppose that when my mother and I sat shivah for my father a dozen years earlier, that had been the case. From Wordnik.com. [A Question of Honour] Reference
They treated you like you were dead if you intermarried, they sat shivah for you, they said that you were doing Hitler's work. From Wordnik.com. [What Would a Jewish Veep Say About Intermarriage?] Reference
But perhaps the suddenness of my dads deathand the structure which was provided by shivah, and in the months that followed by reciting Kaddishhelped me to cope. From Wordnik.com. [A Question of Honour] Reference
In times of mourning (and these were not rare in Yemen), the women got together (they sat in a separate room during shivah) and more easily provided comfort to one another. From Wordnik.com. [Yemen and the Yishuv.] Reference
If the people I'm talking to are religious, I'll encourage them to use the resources of their faith community: Jews, for instance, have the very healing tradition of sitting shivah. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2007-07-01] Reference
Dey's a cu'ious kin 'o' shivah runnin 'up an' down my back. From Wordnik.com. [The Complete Poems of Paul Laurence Dunbar] Reference
After the burial, family members will sit shivah on Sunday. From Wordnik.com. [Boston.com Most Popular] Reference
Dey's a kin 'o' wa'nin 'shivah goes a-scootin' down my back. From Wordnik.com. [The Complete Poems of Paul Laurence Dunbar] Reference
'T ain't de snow dat meks me shivah; 't ain't de col 'dat meks me shake. From Wordnik.com. [The Complete Poems of Paul Laurence Dunbar] Reference
I find myself like the boy that wanted to leah'n to shivah and shake, y 'know. From Wordnik.com. [The Desire of the Moth; and the Come On] Reference
From getting me on the plane to keeping in touch with me while I was home sitting shivah, they could not have been more compassionate. From Wordnik.com. [NYT > Home Page] Reference
They treated you like you were dead if you intermarried, they sat shivah for you, they said that you were doing Hitler’s work. From Wordnik.com. [What Would a Jewish Veep Say About Intermarriage?] Reference
Referred to also as “wailing women,” they had the unique task of leading the women’s crying during the first three days of the shivah. From Wordnik.com. [Yemen and the Yishuv.] Reference
"Mista Sam Kow say: 'This man go night-time in Chestnut Stleet; pickee out letta undah sidewalk, stickee money-bag undah sidewalk, cly, shivah, makee allee same like sick fella. From Wordnik.com. [The Best Short Stories of 1917 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story] Reference
So, my sisters sat shivah for him. From Wordnik.com. [Tessie and Pearlie] Reference
People don't come to our home to sit shivah. From Wordnik.com. [Randy Susan Meyers: What Do You Call Losing a Friend? Let's Take the Long Way Home] Reference
Don 'stop to shivah at blowin's an' blas'es. From Wordnik.com. [The Complete Poems of Paul Laurence Dunbar] Reference
Go sit shivah. From Wordnik.com. [A Dirty Job HTML]
"I sat shivah for three days. From Wordnik.com. [Body Wave]
I’ll watch the kid while you shivah.”. From Wordnik.com. [A Dirty Job HTML]
We’re sitting shivah tonight for Eddie. From Wordnik.com. [Mercy Falls] Reference
“We’ll sit shivah with you, of course.”. From Wordnik.com. [A Dirty Job HTML]
“I’ll go look for something to sit shivah on. From Wordnik.com. [A Dirty Job HTML]
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