Questions relating to the nature, function, or process of Death in Jewish thought.
Questions tagged [death]
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Should you save yourself and let one person die, or the other way round
If a car is going down the road and there is no way to stop it and someone walks out in front of the car, should the driver swerve and kill themselves, or should they continue and let the other person die?
Also, does it matter what the situation of…
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Is the Torah only for the living?
Why do we have to cut the tallith of a dead person? Where can we find that the mitsvoth are only for the living?
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Memorial Candle: Any Conflicts With Jewish Practices?
I have been making a special candle, meant to be burned partially each birthday, for someone who is Jewish (reform/non-practicing).
It is likely that they are going to pass away before receiving this gift.
About a month or less after I suspect they…
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Hesped after the burial?
Is there anything wrong with giving a public hesped for an "average" person on their sheloshim.
I saw in halachapedia
that "
Generally the eulogy is always before the burial. However, for a
talmid chacham the eulogies can continue throughout…
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First luchoth and death
In the Zohar (Noach, Chapter 13, Verse 89) we find the following:
וְאִלְמָלֵא דְהָדְרוּ יִשְׂרָאֵל וְחָאבוּ קַמֵּיהּ קֻדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ
הוּא, לָא הֲווֹ מֵתִין לְעָלְמִין, דְּהָא אִתְפַּסַּק מִנַּיְיהוּ
זוּהֲמָא דְנָחָשׁ. כֵּיוָן דְּחָבוּ, כְּדֵין…
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If a person stepped over a dead body (in a graveyard) unaware that there was a dead body there. What does one do?
I read somewhere that you can’t do this. Is there anything a person can do to purify themself.
Please provide sources.
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Acceptable Burial places
Hope you all are doing well!
Does anyone know of a source that says that a dead body needs to be buried in the ground on this planet only and burying it on another planet or stellar body like the moon will be forbidden?
My question in other words…
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