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From "The Jewish Way in Death and Mourning" by Maurice Lamm:
Community business meetings, such as synagogue or fraternal
organization membership meetings, are permitted the mourner after
shiva.
Social dinners, even though no music is played, and even though they
are held for charitable causes, are not to be attended by mourners for
parents ...
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Much depends on the household of the friends. There are a variety of possible practices and traditions which you might encounter but not everyone has the exact same take on everything.
For example, if they have yet to light their Channukiah (the 9 branched candelabra) you might watch them do that and sing 3 blessings. They might say the blessings in ...
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According to this article the cheer has anti-semitic origins. It developed from a war-cry meaning “Jerusalem is fallen” - in Latin Hieroslyma est perdita .
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See the (fanciful) discussion here: http://onthemainline.blogspot.com/2009/12/vilna-gaon.html
where it is suggested that the work HEP is an acronym for Haman, Amalek, Pharaoh which was said by the Jews against their foes in order to show how all previous enemies had all been defeated and so too would they. Thus it would seem to be a very appropriate Jewish ...
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