Food and Baskets

Visit our Support and Assistance Center to find customary and traditional items, such as fruit, nuts, and baked goods, to ship directly to the shiva house.

Before sending or bringing any item of food into a shiva house, it is helpful to know whether the family is requesting or accepting only Kosher products in the house.  

Providing Support 
Providing a mourner with food is a nice way to show your support. The purpose of sending food to a shiva home is to alleviate the burden on mourners to prepare food for themselves. This tradition extends to both the traditional and more modern views within the Jewish faith. Friends who want to help can plan the meals for the mourning family that week. It is extremely common for individuals making a shiva call and interested in helping a family in mourning to send or bring a food item to the shiva house. Appropriate items include baked goods, fruit, dried fruit and nuts or chocolate.