Set 18

Question 1

How many months do we say Kaddish for a parent?

Answer 1

Eleven months.

Question 2

What are ‘the sheloshim’?

Answer 2

The thirty days of mourning following the burial, which include Shiva.

Question 3

How many months do we say Kaddish for a sibling or child?

Answer 3

For a child, thirty days; siblings are not traditionally required but some observe the eleven-month Kaddish.

Question 4

What is K’vod HaMet?

Answer 4

Respect for the dead, involving proper care for the body and respect for the deceased’s memory.

Question 5

What is the name of the group that prepares a body for burial?

Answer 5

The Chevra Kadisha, which means ‘Holy Society.’

Question 6

What is shmira (in the context of death and dying)?

Answer 6

The practice of watching over the body of the deceased from the time of death until burial.

Question 7

What does the word Tahara mean?

Answer 7

Purification; the ritual cleansing of the deceased before burial.

Question 8

What do we celebrate on Purim?

Answer 8

The salvation of the Jewish people from Haman’s plot to destroy them, as recounted in the Book of Esther.