shivah
- n (Judaism) a period of seven days of mourning after the death of close relative
- Tomorrow I burn them and we sit shivah.
- With their garments slit, their locks tousled, an orthodox Jewish family mourns its dead by sitting shivahin stocking feet, on rough boxes instead of chairsduring the first .
- Orthodox Jewish families are supposed to "sit shivah"; for seven days after the burial they stay home, wearing some symbol of a "shredded garment," such as a piece of torn cloth .