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One may not do violence to the human form even when the breath of life has expired; for man was created in the image of G-d, and in death his body still retains the unity of that image...
The Taharah (Purification)... Dressing the Body... The Casket... Earth from the Holy Land... Flowers...
Staying with a dying person... Lighting a candle... Asking forgiveness... Covering the mirrors... According the proper honor... Notifying the Chevra Kadisha... Death on Shabbat... In a hospital...
Life is a day that lies between two nights: the night of "not yet," before birth, and the night of "no more," after death; Death is a night that lies between two days--the day of life on earth and the day of eternal life in the world to come...
Death is the crisis of life. How a man handles death indicates a great deal about how he approaches life. As there is a Jewish way of life, there is a Jewish way of death. As the Jewish way of life implies a distinctive outlook and a unique life-style bas...
The existence of a life after death is a necessary corollary of the Jewish belief in a just and merciful and ethical God...
In the final analysis, death has meaning if life had meaning...
About the Jewish Funeral Service... Psalm 23: Translation and Commentary... "What is Man?" ... The Kel Maleh Rachamim Memorial Prayer... The Eulogy... Secular Ceremonies... Escorting the Deceased to the Cemetery... Who Should Attend the Funeral... Attendi...
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