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GCSE Religious Studies · key term
A Jewish mourner in the period between a close relative's death and the funeral, responsible for arranging the funeral and traditionally exempt from positive religious obligations. Also written as onen.
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Paper 3
Revise: Jewish Mourning RitualsAn onan, also written as onen, is a mourner in the period between a close relative's death and the funeral. This period is called aninut. The mourner's immediate responsibility is to arrange the funeral.
Distinguish the onan's period before the funeral, shiva after burial, and yahrzeit as the annual anniversary of a death.
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