Note: The laws and observances below are from The Jewish Way in Death and Mourning by Rabbi Maurice Lamm. You may also wish to refer to The Jewish Mourner's Companion by Rabbi Zalman Goldstein by clicking here
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In Detail
Immediate issues and concerns following a death
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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...
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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...
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The Torah, in its mature wisdom, required burial to take place as soon as possible following death...
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The Laws of the Onen
The State of Mind of the Onen... Who is an Onen... Laws and Practices...
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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...
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The deceased may not be left alone before burial...
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Babies who are stillborn are named, and in the case of a boy who did not make it to his circumcision, circumcised as well.
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