page_title: Bereavement in Judaism
section_title: Aninut
hierarchical_section_title: Bereavement in Judaism / Mourning / Aninut
caption_attribution_description: English: Yiskor for Herzl. Bas-Relief by Prof. Boris Schatz of Bezalel.
context_page_description: Bereavement in Judaism is a combination of minhag and mitzvah derived from Judaism's classical Torah and rabbinic texts. The details of observance and practice vary according to each Jewish community.
context_section_description: The first stage of mourning is aninut, or (Hebrew: אנינוּת, "intense mourning"))." Aninut lasts until the burial is over, or, if a mourner is unable to attend the funeral, from the moment he is no longer involved with the funeral itself.
  An onen (a person in aninut) is considered to be in a state of total shock and disorientation. Thus the onen is exempt from performing mitzvot that require action (and attention), such as praying and reciting blessings, wearing tefillin (phylacteries), in order to be able to tend unhindered to the funeral arrangements. However the onen is still obligated in commandments that forbid an action (such as not violating the Shabbat).
caption: Yiskor for Herzl, by Boris Schatz.
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