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When someone dies on a Jewish holiday

My father died on Yom Kippur and I don't know if I'm supposed to fast on his yahrzeit or if that's too much pain at once.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Sacred time becomes complicated when personal and communal grief intersect.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Jewish mourning — shiva shloshim yahrzeit?”

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