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- noun Plural form of
shiva .
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Examples
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Stuffing my face has managed to lift my spirits at the few shivas I've been too, and, as you say, sometimes it's reuniting with family from far and wide that can warm you down to yours toes as well.
funeral food | Homesick Texan Homesick Texan 2009
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I'm glad that Bruce Feiler found meaning in the "secular shivas" he observed for his friends, but I pray that we'll return religion to its proper place in Jewish mourning ritual.
Rabbi Jason Miller: Sitting Shiva For Traditional Shiva Rabbi Jason Miller 2012
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I'm glad that Bruce Feiler found meaning in the "secular shivas" he observed for his friends, but I pray that we'll return religion to its proper place in Jewish mourning ritual.
Rabbi Jason Miller: Sitting Shiva For Traditional Shiva Rabbi Jason Miller 2012
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I don't know about you, but I have been attending one too many funerals, sitting one too many shivas, lately, and they inevitably bring up self examination.
Michele Willens: Face It: We Should Strive for the Capacity to Change 2010
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I don't know about you, but I have been attending one too many funerals, sitting one too many shivas, lately, and they inevitably bring up self examination.
Michele Willens: Face It: We Should Strive for the Capacity to Change 2010
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If any family members had kicked the bucket recently, she wisely chose to prioritize her rendezvous with yours truly over any shivas or wakes.
The Baroque Beauty of Deception: Little White Lies, Elaborately Embroidered 2008
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If any family members had kicked the bucket recently, she wisely chose to prioritize her rendezvous with yours truly over any shivas or wakes.
The Baroque Beauty of Deception: Little White Lies, Elaborately Embroidered 2008
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I think kings are idiotic human inventions; same as God and gods and Allah and allahs or Shiva and shivas.
Fiddlin' While Baghdad Burns The Daily Growler 2006
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Though most visitors had attended shivas before, several observed that no gathering had approached the shock and deep grief of Leiby's.
NYT > Home Page By JOSEPH BERGER 2011
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A mix of monstrous idols mixed with monkeys, elephants and shivas are abound.
TravelPod.com TravelStream™ — Recent Entries at TravelPod.com 2010
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