Gaining the respect of those who practice a different religion
In this week's Parasha we find Abraham, our first patriarch, in a long conversation with the Hittites, one of the peoples who lived in...
Cohanim in the Cementery
1. The Cohanim males can enter a cemetery but cannot get close to a grave or a dead body. They must keep a distance...
DO PRAYERS WORK?
We prayed together, we cried, and we begged the Almighty with thousands of Tehilim. We prayed with our words, with our hearts and with...
The end of the burial ceremony
1. After the qeri’a is performed, the officiant reads the prayer Patach Elyahu hanabi. Then, when the burial is completed and the sign with...
Kaddish ál-Israel
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KADDISH DEHU ATID
This Kaddish is said by the mourners at the cemetery, at the end of the burial ceremony.
The burial ceremony.
At the moment of creation of man the Almighty announced "Let us make man on our image and likeness." This plural form (Let “us”...
The funeral
The body is taken, from the Hospital, hospice or home where the person died, to the funeral home. In the funeral home, in preparation...
WHEN DOES THE BURIAL TAKE PLACE?
Our Torah indicates that burial must take place as close as possible to the moment of death. To leave the body without burial once...
THE MOMENT OF DEATH
When the pulse of his life stops, the human body –carrier of the soul– must be treated with the utmost respect and honor. The...
