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When your child rejects mourning traditions

My teenage daughter refuses to come to synagogue for her grandfather's yahrzeit and I don't know if I should force her or let her grieve in her own way.

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

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