Examples of 'sit shiva' in a sentence
Meaning of "sit shiva"
sit shiva - in the Jewish tradition, to mourn the death of a close relative by sitting on low stools during a seven-day period of mourning
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- To take part in the shiva mourning ritual.
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sit shiva
Youhaveindefiniteleave to sit shiva for your father.
You sit shiva in this room.
This must be what it feels like to sit shiva.
We sit shiva for days on end.
We did not come here to sit shiva.
But one may sit shiva in any home.
Following a funeral it is customary to sit shiva.
Says he will come and sit shiva with me tomorrow.
Jonah, only immediate family is supposed to sit shiva.
He and his family sit shiva for the week.
We sit shiva for days on end … Tell stories and lies about the dead.
He decided to sit shiva on them.
What does it look like? We have to sit Shiva.
Help me sit shiva.
Listen, there is something else, Dad wants us to sit shiva.
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The family will then sit shiva in his home.
Or we will throw you out of the house and sit shiva for you.
Your mother will sit shiva for me all over again.
According to Jewish custom the relatives of the deceased sit Shiva at home and mourn.
Have her sit shiva on your Hebrew National?
Dad wants us to sit shiva.
Do not some people sit shiva for three days? - I have seen that.
It 's up to us to sit shiva.
Do not sit Shiva for me yet, Bobby.
Whether to sit shiva.
Don't some people sit shiva for three days? - I have seen that. That's a thing.
I am glad he felt he could come here to sit shiva for his old man.
He just… he has to sit shiva over your dad first.
That 's commendable . Since B-5 is quiet you have indefinite leave to sit shiva for your father.
The Torah requires a person to sit shiva for seven days when a parent dies.
Wh-What do you mean? He decided to sit shiva on them.
Do not some people sit shiva for three days?
Since B-5 is quiet you have indefinite leave to sit shiva for your father.
Says he will come and sit shiva with me tomorrow . Hmm.
We have to sit Shiva.
Did anyone sit shiva for her?
As you know, we are gathered to help Susan sit shiva for Andrei Ivanov.
Do you know why we sit Shiva for 7 days?
When a close relative dies, we sit Shiva for 7 days.
Call me, all right? Do not sit Shiva for me yet, Bobby.
Customarily, Jewish mourners sit shiva at the home.
