“And it came to pass after the seven-day period that the waters of the Flood were upon the earth”(7:10) According to most Halachic opinions “shiva”, the seven day mourning period observed after the death of a close relative, is not a Torah-mandated obligation, rather a Rabbinical institution.1 Rashi cites an allusion to shiva from this […]
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