Jewish Shiva[0] (not to be confused with the Hindu Shiva) is very effective at giving mourners a tradition to follow on one hand, and helping/forcing them to st

Jewish Shiva[0] (not to be confused with the Hindu Shiva) is very effective at giving mourners a tradition to follow on one hand, and helping/forcing them to stay on their feet during the first few days. It is observed by the most secular of Jews, I assume because it fills the need of "what do we do now?" which is especially prevalent at those times. Additionally, there are traditional longer term mourning customs not cut hair/shave for 30 days, no celebrations for 3 months or 12 months depending whether the lost one is child/sibling or brother, erecting a tombstone no less than 30 days but no later than 1 year after passing, and additional prayers for those who pray. These, however, are practiced to much more varying degrees - none or almost none by the anti-religious secular, to lesser degree by most people, and religiously by religious people. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shiva_%28Judaism%29 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shiva_%28Judaism%29