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The Jewish Legacy and the Nobel Prize

Gutterman's & Gutterman Warheit — Wed, 26 Mar 2025 01:22:47 +0000

Jewish Honorees Account for Nearly One in Every Four Laureates First awarded in 1901 to commemorate the 5th anniversary of scientist Alfred Nobel, the Nobel Prize is now awarded annually to honorees in six categories: physics, chemistry, literature, medicine, peace and economics (this category was added in 1969). Over it’s storied history, the Nobel Prize has been given 965 times, with 216 of the...

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Understanding Yahrzeit and Its Traditions

Gutterman's & Gutterman Warheit — Tue, 25 Oct 2022 16:07:26 +0000

What Is Yahrzeit? The Significance of the Yahrzeit Calendar and Candle Within the Jewish tradition, there is much importance in properly mourning the loss of a loved one. For that reason, there are many established customs to allow for the expressions of love, loss and grieving. During the first seven days immediately following burial, immediate family members gather at a Shiva house to pay their...

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The Stages of Mourning in the Jewish Faith

Gutterman's & Gutterman Warheit — Wed, 08 Dec 2021 07:30:17 +0000

In the Jewish tradition, the mourning of a loved one is a significant part of our faith. Accordingly, Jewish teaching has established a specific set of rituals and practices to be completed after the death of a loved one. Those stages include: Aninut, or pre-burial mourning Shiva, the seven-day period immediately following the burial Sheloshim, a 30 day period of mourning The First Year...

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Supporting a Friend or Family Member Who Is Grieving

Gutterman's & Gutterman Warheit — Wed, 01 Dec 2021 07:30:10 +0000

Dos and Don’ts For Helping Someone through a Loss When a friend or family member has suffered the death of someone close to them, you want to be a source of comfort and assistance, but it can often be difficult to know exactly what to do. You want to be sensitive to their loss without unnecessarily deepening their grief. Here are some simple ways to respectfully aid a friend or family member in...

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The Role of a Jewish Funeral Home Director

Gutterman's & Gutterman Warheit — Fri, 02 Jul 2021 20:55:58 +0000

When your loved one dies, there can be seemingly endless details to which you need to attend, from the arrangement of the memorial service and burial to the preparation of an obituary, the selection of a casket or monument to securing certified copies of the death certificate. In the Jewish faith, with its unique traditions, there are other concerns as well—the ritual cleansing of the body...

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Understanding Passover

Gutterman's & Gutterman Warheit — Mon, 01 Mar 2021 07:30:29 +0000

What Is Passover? How Is It Traditionally Celebrated? Passover—it’s one of the better-known Jewish holidays, but many people don’t fully understand its origins, why it’s celebrated and how it’s celebrated. What Is Passover? Passover, also known as Pesach, is one of three biblically ordained “Pilgrimage Festivals” within the Jewish faith. Considered one of the major Jewish holidays...

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Jewish Funeral Etiquette for Non-Jewish People

Gutterman's & Gutterman Warheit — Wed, 22 Apr 2020 16:23:23 +0000

Respecting and Honoring the Unique Customs at a Jewish Funeral or Burial Jewish funeral and burial practices differ in many respects from the traditions of non-Jewish rites and ceremonies. If you have never been to a Jewish funeral or burial, there are specific things you need to know, so that you can pay your respects properly. Before the Funeral The first thing to understand is that Jewish...

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Preplanning and/or Prefunding Your New York Funeral

Gutterman's & Gutterman Warheit — Tue, 03 Mar 2020 18:25:47 +0000

You Have Extensive Protections under New York Law When Taking Care of Funeral Plan in Advance One of the greatest gifts you can give to loved ones after your death is a preplanned and/or prefunded funeral. It should be a time for grieving, free from the worries of what type of service you’ll have, what the interment will look like and where you’ll be buried. With prefunding, you can also eliminate...

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Jewish Mourning Customs for Graveside Services

Gutterman's & Gutterman Warheit — Thu, 20 Feb 2020 15:40:51 +0000

The Proper Etiquette for a Jewish Graveside Service Within the Jewish tradition, unless the family chooses to make the interment private, it’s customary for mourners, friends and relatives to accompany the deceased to the burial site and assist with the interment. As a general rule, when the hearse arrives at the cemetery, it stops. Family members and friends will then carry or roll the coffin to...

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Jewish Mourning Customs—Why Mourners Put Stones on Monuments

Gutterman's & Gutterman Warheit — Wed, 22 Jan 2020 16:30:49 +0000

The Significance and Origins of the Tradition It’s a custom that many people have seen. In the closing moments of the Academy Award winning film Schindler’s List, some of those who survived the Holocaust because of Oskar Schindler file past his grave, leaving stones on the monument. The placement of stones on a grave or monument is an ancient tradition in the Jewish faith. In fact...

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