People are confused as to how to sit shiva and how to properly pay a shiva call. Because people do not know, and because talking about death makes people nervous and awkward, the shiva house often turns into a festive gathering filled with nervous chatter, instead of the proper house of mourning.
The average number of days in a month is around 30.4. With 24 hours in a day, this is an average of about 730 hours per month.
On average there are about 4.3 weeks in a month. Each week is 7 days, and there are normally either 30 or 31 days in a month, so there are usually between 4.2 and 4.4 weeks per month. The exception is February because it has fewer days, so there are about 4 weeks in that month.