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Purchasing a Plot... The Jewish Grave... The Family Plot... Disinterment and Reinterment...
The Recessional -- Comforting the Mourners at the Graveside... Washing of the Hands...
Somberness, regret and hesitation... Who Should Carry the Casket... The Processional from the Hearse to the Grave... Psalm 91 and the "Seven Stops"... The Tzidduk HaDin ("Justification of the Divine Decree") prayer... The Burial... The Post-Burial Kaddish...
Jewish law is unequivocal in establishing absolutely, and uncompromisingly, that the dead must be buried in the earth... The soul rises to G-d, but its physical shelter sinks into the vast reservoir of nature....
What is Keriah... Laws and Procedure for the Rending... Who Must Rend the Clothing... When Should the Rending Take Place? ... Which Clothing is Torn... Can a "Mourning Ribbon" be Used? ... Where the Cut is Made... How Long the Rent Garments are Worn...
The Meaning and Function of the Jewish Funeral... The Location of the Funeral Service...
The deceased may not be left alone before burial...
The viewing of the corpse is justified by the funeral industry with the high-sounding phrase, "paying your last respects." In truth, it does the very opposite...
Between Death and Interment in Judaism
Each immediate relative of the deceased is considered an onen from the moment he has learned of the death until the end of the interment, regardless of how much time has elapsed in between.
The Torah, in its mature wisdom, required burial to take place as soon as possible following death...
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