Workplace
Traditionally, Judaism prohibits mourners from working during shiva. In fact, one of Judaism’s oldest laws states that in times of great happiness and great sorrow, an individual must cease working in order to concentrate on his or her emotional journey.
In accordance with this custom, mourners observing shiva do not leave the house to go to their workplace or carry out any work-related tasks during the week-long period. Normally they resume their work after the week of mourning has ended.
Suggested Books:
When A Jew Dies: The Ethnography of a Bereaved Son by Samuel C Heilman
A Time to Mourn, A Time to Comfort by Ron Wolfson
When A Jew Dies: The Ethnography of a Bereaved Son by Samuel C Heilman
A Time to Mourn, A Time to Comfort by Ron Wolfson