cemeteries and graves
cemeteries and graves
See also the more specific tag gravestone-inscription and the related tag funeral-burial-levaya
Questions tagged [cemetery-grave]
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Is it appropriate for a Jew to visit a grave of a non-Jewish friend who passed away?
I learned that an old friend who I have been out of touch with for 15 years passed away a couple years ago, at a very young age. They were not Jewish. I am wondering if it is appropriate to visit their gravesite and if doing so carries the same…
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Why not visit a grave twice in a day?
I came across this in Mishna B'rura 581:27:
ואין לילך על קבר אחד ב״פ ביום אחד.
That is, roughly:
And one should not go to one grave twice in one day.
(This is in Baer Hetev :17 also, who cites the Arizal as a source.) Why not?
(I translate it…
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Learning Torah while sitting Shmirah for a Met
I am part of the Chevra Kadisha in a town with a small Jewish community and so the Metim don’t always have people to sit Shmirah the whole time until the funeral so I try to spend as much time as possible sitting Shmirah.
I feel though it would be…
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Positioning of gravestone
Why are the gravestones in Israel positioned over the grave, as opposed to other cemeteries where the gravestone is positioned vertically ?
The comment by @Deuteronomy corroborates my observation, with this Netei Gavriel. Unfortunately I don't have…
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Going to Cemetery on a yarhzeit
I heard before from a Talmud Chacham that if someone has a yahrzeit and they are unable to go to the kever where the person is buried then there is still and "inyun" of going to a Cemetery on that day. Is there any source for this?
(I heard this on…
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How do Rabbonim know where graves are located?
There is an (or more than one) organization whose job is to ensure that Jewish graves aren't desecrated when construction companies do digs.
How do they know that there are graves there? Archeologists?
Moreover, how do they know that the cemetery is…
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What's the rule on walking on Jewish graves?
Please provide reference to scriptures (Exact book, Chapter and page number), a synagogue has confirmed walking on graves is not allowed but couldn't provide any reference.
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