Heilman, Samuel C. - When a Jew Dies : The Ethnography of a Bereaved Son

Berkeley [CA], Univ. of California Press, (2001). orig.boards, dustwrapper.. 24x15cm, 271 pp. Minor rubbing. VG. ¶ Contents. Gosess & Petira: Near Death & the End of Life; Onen: Freshly Bereaved; Tahara: Purifying the Dead; Leveiya: The Funeral & Its Accompaniment; Shivah: Seven Days of Mourning; Shloshim & Kaddish: The First Month & After; The Twelve Months & Yahrzeit: Anniversary; Beit Olam &Yizkor: Forever. ["The author's account of the traditional customs that are put into practice when a Jewish person dies provides both an anthropologial perspective on Jewish rites of mourning and a chronicle on the loss of his own father. It reveals the rhythm that lies beneath the Jewish experience with death" - Publisher's description.

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