| SHIVAH | Period of mourning in Judaism (Var.) |
| MEZUZAS | Doorpost scrolls, in Judaism: Var. |
| TENNYSON | October 12, 1892, the day of this poet laureate's funeral, was a national day of mourning in England, because he was considered the leading poet of the Victorian era. |
| ELEGY | A song of mourning in Simbel, Egypt (5) |
| ABEL | His murder elicited the first wail of mourning, in Islamic accounts |
| SHIVA | Period of mourning (var.) |
| SADTIME | Period of mourning, e.g. |
| BROTHERALI | Rapper with the 2012 album "Mourning in America and Dreaming in Color" |
| ALONZO | Mourning in the NBA |
| YESHIVAHS | Seminary's period of mourning for Jews curbed by the old Hebrew sect's leaders (9) |
| OMER | Period of 49 days in Judaism between the second day of Passover and the first day of Shavuot (Pentecost) (4) |
| KADDISH | In Judaism, a prayer in praise of God, recited as part of the daily service (7) |
| BARMITZVAHS | In Judaism, ceremonies that mark boys' assumption of full religious obligations after reaching the age of 13 (3,8) |
| YOMKIPPUR | The holiest day of the year in Judaism, also called the Day of Atonement (3,6) |
| TORAH | In Judaism, what is the law of God as revealed to Moses and recorded in the Pentateuch? (5) |
| SABBATICALYEAR | Annual period, every seventh, in which agricultural activity is banned, observed in Judaism (10,4) |
| SHEMA | Central declaration of faith in Judaism, recited in morning and evening prayers; Hebrew, 'hear' (5) |
| TEVET | In Judaism, the fourth month of the civil year and 10th month of the ecclesiastical year (5) |
| ALEINU | A fantastic line refined in prayer at the end of services in Judaism (6) |
| AZRAEL | Angel of death, in Judaism |
