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The pair have been hired by local police to find a missing girl. Harper and her stepbrother Tolliver have become experts at getting paid and getting out of town fast – because people have a funny habit of not really wanting to know the truth.Īt first, the small Ozarks town of Sarne seems like no exception. She can sense the final location of a person who’s passed, and share their very last moment. Harper Connelly has what you might call a strange job: she finds dead people.

Some have the custom to place a pebble or stone on the tombstone, showing that the grave has been visited.Join Harper Connelly as she uncovers the secrets – and bodies – buried deep in this paranormal mystery series from bestselling author Charlaine Harris.

Some recite additional prayers and supplications.

Some also recite verses from Psalm 119 that begin with the letters of the Hebrew name of the deceased, and the word נשמה (Heb.

Some people recite Psalms, including Psalm 91, and some add Psalms 33, 16, 17, 72, 104, and 130.

One who has not been to a Jewish cemetery for thirty days recites a special blessing upon arrival.

This is because during this period the soul is undergoing its judgment, and one does not desire to add any additional "burdens" to the tribulations of the soul. It is customary to limit visits to, and prayers at, a new grave for the first twelve months, except for erecting the tombstone and on the Shloshim (thirtieth day from burial).

Some also visit on the day before Rosh Chodesh (start of the new Hebrew month), and on the fifteenth day of each month.ĭays on which it is customary not to visit a gravesite include Shabbat, Jewish holidays, Rosh Chodesh, and the intermediate days of Sukkot and Passover ( Chol Ha-moed) This includes the Shloshim (thirtieth day from burial), on every Yartzeit (anniversary of passing), and on the days leading into Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur. It is also customary to visit on days when prayer is especially appropriate.

One also visits the gravesite to pray for the elevation of the departed soul. Throughout Jewish history, in times of need, trouble or distress, people would go to a Jewish cemetery and pray to G‑d, invoking the merits of the deceased and requesting that they intercede in the Heavens, and carry the prayers to G‑d. It is considered a great merit to pray at the gravesite of a loved one and that of a great Torah sage, for we are taught that a portion of the soul is always present at the gravesite. Visiting the gravesite expresses respect for the departed, shows that their memory has not been forgotten, and reinforces one's connection to them.