Jewish funeral customs are some of the most unique and beautiful traditions in the burial industry. With a focus on a strong sense of community and mourning, these customs range from the strict preparation of the body to mourning habits like sitting shiva (a seven-day mourning period observed ...
No address should be delivered over the body of a suicide or an excommunicate, nor should the other funeral rites be observed in these cases, except such as are for the honor of the living (Sem. ii. 1; Yoreh De'ah, 345; see Suicide).Order of Procession. The order of the procession...
We understand the specific rites and customs of each of the different Jewish traditions, and will take the time to listen, so that we can discern your need and can help you arrange a funeral or memorial service that adheres to your traditions and honors your loved one. We expect that you...
The Biblical Nazirs, forerunners of the Nebi'im (Prophets), were protestants against the adoption of the customs and the religious rites of the Canaanites. In their dress and mode of life they emphasized their loyalty to Yhwh, enthroned on the desert mountain. Wine and the crown of hair ...
beliefs, and customs influenced by those other places; Basch, Glick-Schiller, and Szanton-Blanc suggest that transnationalism consists of the “processes” through which immigrants preserve their “multi-stranded” social ties “that link together their societies of origin and settlement” (1994:7)....
Even as late as in the 1920s, small-town Jewish cemeteries didn’t use surnames on the grave markers, the funeral rites being, as always, the ultimate refuges of the fading traditions. I would recommend Alexander Beider’s excellent articles, books, and video lectures as a guide to types...
the efficacy of their religious propagandism—all contributed toward the unpopularity of these newcomers. In certain cities, such as Parium and Tralles, the exercise of the Jewish cult and rites was prohibited by express decrees ("Ant." xiv. 10, § 8 [not "Paros"]). The cities of Ioni...
Marriage Rites. Other Ceremonies. State of India, within the Madras Presidency. The Jews in Cochin numbered 1,142 in 1891, and are divided into two classes: the Whites, whose complexion is almost as fair as that of European Jews, and the Blacks, who, though darker than the former, are ...
See also Cemeteries, Disinterment, Funeral Rites, Mourning, Ṭoharah. Bibliography: Hastings, Dict. Bible, s.v. Burial; Biblical dictionaries of Winer, Riehmer, Hauck, respectively, s.v. Begräbniss; Hamburger, R. B. T. s.v. Beerdigung; Schwally, Das Leben nach dem Tode; Benzinger...