The Shivah is a point-and-click adventure game from 2006, designed and developed by Dave Gilbert with the assistance of others, including voice actors and artists.

In 2013, the game was remastered in an updated version entitled The Shivah: Kosher Edition, which features new graphics and music, and re-recorded voice-overs.

The game also features a scene involving combat that the player must win by making the correct dialogue choices, similar to the insult swordfighting of The Secret of Monkey Island.

The playable character is Russell Stone, a hard-hearted Rabbi experiencing a crisis of faith compounded by his synagogue's declining membership and financial woes.

In his investigations, Stone learns that Jack had been visiting another synagogue run by Rabbi Amos Zelig, who was willing to conduct the interfaith marriage.

Club gave the original game a B and stated that, "The Shivah fits a compelling moral conscience over a tight decision tree, and compared to sillier interactive fiction like Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney or Hotel Dusk, its rewards are subtler, and more satisfying."

Digital Spy gave the iOS version four stars out of five, saying that it "was overlooked by most players upon its initial release in 2006, but adventure game fans would be making a huge mistake to let that happen a second time to this wonderfully written murder mystery.

"[18] However, The Digital Fix gave the PC version's Kosher Edition seven out of ten, saying that it "turns out to be an extremely short game, completable in between one or two hours, and this includes the time taken to see all three possible endings.