Burial and mourning
Subtitle: traditional, practical and legal dimensions
By: Seth Farber, Shlomit Tur-Paz
Contributors: Tur-Paz, Shlomit; ʻItim, yiʻuts u-medaʻ be-maʻgal ha-ḥayim ha-Yehudi (Organization : Jerusalem)
Publisher: ITIM, the Jewish-Life Information Center
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Jerusalem]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 44
Subjects: Death (Judaism); Thanatology; Jewish funeral rites and ceremonies; Study and teaching; Jewish mourning customs
Description: "This pamphlet has been designed to help you prepare for the burial of a loved one. We hope to ease the pain of the difficult hours ahead of you by familiarizing you with the customs of the ceremony."
Notes: Some verses also in Hebrew.
Table of contents: title: The shadow of death; title: Preparations for burial; title: The ceremony; title: Additional arrangements after burial; title: Mourning customs; title: Kaddish; title: Contact information.