shivah

Variant of shiva

shiva definition

shiva (s̸hi′və)

noun

Judaism the formal mourning period of seven days, observed as in the home of the deceased, during which friends visit and comfort the bereaved: often in the phrase sit shiva, to observe the period of shiva
also sp. shivah shi′·vah

Etymology: < Heb shiva, seven

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