Editing Shiva (Judaism) (section)

==Biblical accounts similar to {{Transliteration|he|shiva}}==
A number of Biblical accounts describe mourning for fixed periods; in several cases, this period is seven days. For example, after the death of [[Jacob]], his son [[Joseph]] and those accompanying Joseph observed a seven-day mourning period.<ref>{{bibleverse|Genesis|50:10|HE}}</ref> The seven-day period of mourning that [[Joseph]] underwent was depicted by the [[sages]] before the revelation at [[Mount Sinai]].{{citation needed|date=May 2020}} In the [[Book of Job]], it is stated that [[Job (biblical figure)|Job]] mourned his misfortune for seven days. During this time, he sat on the ground, with his friends surrounding him.<ref name="Job2:13">{{bibleverse|Job|2:13|HE}}</ref>

Biblical mourning involved refraining from feasts, songs, and Temple rituals. [[Amos (prophet)|Amos]] declared to the people that God would "turn your feasts into mourning, and all your songs into lamentations" as a punishment for sin, describing this mourning as similar to "the mourning for an only son".<ref>{{bibleverse|Amos|8:10|HE}}</ref> After two of the sons of [[Aaron]], a High Priest, were killed, Aaron refused to eat the animal sacrifices, saying this would be inappropriate at a time when he was mourning the sons' death.<ref>{{bibleverse|Leviticus|10:19|HE}}</ref>