Kavod v'Nichum
and the
Jewish Funeral Practices Committee of Greater Washington
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Jewish Funerals, Burial, and Mourning |
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| Jewish Mourning Customs |
| Website Name | Date & Author | Their Description | My Comments |
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| Yahrzeit | Traditions, Stories, Date Calculators and Art - 22 articles | ||
| Putting Stones on Graves | 11 articles explaining the custom | ||
| Mourning | Harold Schulweis | 21 poems | |
| Tattoos and Judaism | 8 articles | ||
| A Time to Grieve, A Time to Teach |
2008 Dr. Joshua Elkin |
Eight value concepts: 1) the reality of death; 2) respect for the dead; 3) equality; 4) simplicity; 5) the venting of emotions openly and fully; 6) communal responsibility and support; 7) affirmation of life; and 8) remembrance. See the full thesis | A "must read" for every parent and educator |
| Funerals require we find honor, dignity in everyone |
September 4, 1998 Rabbai Chaim Steinmetz |
There is something special, even uplifting, about funerals, … a certain spiritual feeling pulsating underneath all the grief and pain and tears. | |
| Jewish Customs of Mourning |
1987 Rabbi Tom Louchheim |
General Overview | Includes a wide range of information |
| Taking Out the Torah at a Funeral |
December 30, 1999 Arlene Schuster |
A new custom revived | |
| The Jewish Life Cycle: DEATH | Rabbi Amy Scheinerman |
Honoring the Dead and Death as a Natural Process | Excellent summary |
| Good Grief | Rabbi Kenneth L. Cohen | "…if there is something miraculous about life coming into existence, certainly the same holds true for death." | Insightful explanation |
| Kee Tetze: On the dignity of the human body in death |
September 4, 1998 Rabbi Eliezer Finkelman |
In punishing criminals, in conducting funerals, in medical research | Good explanation and references |
| A Year and a Day: Kaddish | Ronnie Caplane | The experience of saying Kaddish | |
| Shiva: Seven Days of Mourning |
1998 Anita Diamant |
Seven-day mourning period which begins immediately after the funeral is based on the Hebrew word for seven. by Anita Diamant | From Saying Kaddish: How to Comfort the Dying, Bury the Dead and Mourn as a Jew |
| Traditional mourning, burial rites focus on dignity |
June 5, 1998 Lisa Klug |
Overview of traditional rituals. From Blu Greenberg's 1983 book. | How to Run a Traditional Jewish Household is the starting point |
| Guide to Jewish Funeral Practice | Guide from United Synagogue | Conservative | |
| Jewish Mourning – Ahavat-Israel | Detailed overview | Orthodox perspective | |
| Temple Israel Ritual Committee | Description of Bereavement Support Group, "Bikur Cholim, and Funeral Arrangements | How one synagogue organizes their volunteers | |
| Life, Death and Mourning |
From Judaism 101 - created, written and maintained by Tracey
Rich.
Also at the Jewish Student On-line Resource Center - American-Israeli Cooperative Enterprise which is similar to Judaism 101, but according to Mishneh Torah, not latter-day customs) |
"...just a traditional, observant Jew who has put in a lot of research." |
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| Giving People the Benefit of the Doubt – The Funeral | Story from Ohr Somayach | ||
| A LusaWeb Comunidade Project | Rituals and Practices of the secret Portugal Jews | See the section on funeral rituals | |
| Jewish Funeral and Mourning Customs | Jewish Deaf Community Center in Southern California | Nice summary until the plug at the end | |
| The Visit | Visiting the grave by Marlene Adler Marks | ||
Mourning Costumes and Religion |
Kriah | ||
| Reflections on Dying, Death and the Hereafter | by Harold M. Schulweis - 1998 | K'riah | |
| Tattoos, Suicide, and Jewish Burial | From Project Genesis | Discussion of issues | |
| Kaddish - Who Chants / Who Stands? | Discussion based on Talmud sources | ||
| Holidays & Observances - On Death and Mourning | Overview of traditions with biblical citations | ||
| Reclaiming the Mourner's Path | By Anne Brener, the author of Mourning and Mitzvah | From the Reform web site | |
| Unveiling of the Monument for Herman Ehudin | Drawn from numerous sources | Unveiling service mainly in English | |
| Reclaiming Judaism as a Spiritual Practice | Rabbi Dr. Goldie Milgram | Funeral and Unveiling Prayers with a spiritual English translation | |
| Unveiling Service from Death and Bereavement - A Halakhic Guide | by Rabbi Abner Weiss | Unveiling service mainly in Hebrew |