Funeral & Burial

Jewish practices of funeral and burial are constructed around a few key ideas: Death is to be confronted, not denied. The dead body is to be accorded the utmost respect. Mourners are to be comforted. We are equal in the face of death. The burial and decay of a body is a natural process which should not be impeded or interrupted.

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“May the lingering glow of our loved one’s soul guide us…”

Shedding a New Light: A Service for Lighting the Shiva Candle

Creative translation of prayer for the dead

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A funeral service for a miscarriage

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This video walks you through the mourner’s kaddish and lets you follow along

first line of mourner's kaddish in hebrew, transliterated English, and English

A poem for a yizkor or memorial service. When we remember our loved ones, we inscribe them upon the pages of our memory and they live on in us.

 
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