title: Communal and individual mourning dynamics within traditional Jewish law.
abstract: This paper discusses how various details of traditional Jewish law (Halakha) reflect human dynamics of mourning, drawing heavily on the approach of the late Joseph B. Soloveitchik, one of the major philosophers of Judaism of this century.
authors.affiliation: Yeshivah of Flatbush, Brooklyn, New York, USA.
authors.forename: J B
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Wolowelsky
mesh_terms: D006117:Grief; D006801:Humans; D007206:Individuality; D007599:Judaism; D012945:Social Values