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Paul Grosbein

Fri, Mar 24 11:00 AM

Graveside Service

Harvey Rubin Weiner

Thu, Mar 23 1:00 PM

Graveside Service

Wilfred Frysh

Thu, Mar 23 12:00 PM

Graveside Service

Aleksey Litvachuk

Wed, Mar 22 11:00 AM

Steeles Memorial Chapel

Rabbi Tobias Gabriel

Tue, Mar 21 2:00 PM

Graveside Service

Evelyn Silverberg Hoffman

Mon, Mar 20 4:00 PM

Graveside Service

Simy Medina

Mon, Mar 20 2:30 PM

Graveside service at B...

Ori Siegel

Mon, Mar 20 12:00 PM

Graveside Service

Joy Mann

Sun, Mar 19 3:00 PM

Pardes Chaim Cemetery ...

Rose Nelson

Sun, Mar 19 2:00 PM

Pardes Chaim Cemetery...

Yosef Kind

Sun, Mar 19 1:30 PM

Steeles Memorial Chape...

Genadi Slotin

Sun, Mar 19 12:00 PM

Steeles Memorial Chape...

Paul Grosbein

Fri, Mar 24 11:00 AM

Private

 

Wilfred Frysh

Thu, Mar 23 12:00 PM

Private

 

Aleksey Litvachuk

Wed, Mar 22 11:00 AM

Private

 

Ori Siegel

Mon, Mar 20 12:00 PM

Private

 

Genadi Slotin

Sun, Mar 19 12:00 PM

669 Bedford Park Ave.,...

Tikva Amoyal

Sun, Mar 19 10:00 AM

110 Promenade Cir. Par...

Gary Crangle

Fri, Mar 17 11:00 AM

7805 Bayview Ave # 142...

Beverley Greenspoon

Fri, Mar 17 10:00 AM

Private

 

Rosa Makalski-Alper

Wed, Mar 15 11:00 AM

Private

 

Helen Karney

Wed, Mar 15 11:00 AM

Private

 

Dr. Benjamin Levine

Mon, Mar 13 11:00 AM

Private

113 Cowan Ave.

Juliet Flynn

Tue, Mar 07 11:00 AM

Private

 

Jewish Rites

jewish funeral

Judaism views life as the co-existence of body and soul. At death they separate. When a person dies, the soul or neshama stays close to the body that once housed it. It refuses to leave it until it is buried. Only then will the neshama begin to make its way into the realm of the spirits. For this reason a Jewish funeral is always performed as close as possible to the death. In the vicinity of a body one behaves with utmost respect, as if one were standing before a living person. For in a very real way, Judaism still sees the presence of both.

SHMIRAH – GUARD OF HONOUR
Until the body has been interred and covered by earth, a shomer or watchperson remains with it from the time of death. All the while, the shomer will continually recite tehilim. This is a great comfort to the deceased while awaiting burial of its physical form and prior to the spirit’s ascent to eternity.

TAHARA – PHYSICAL PURITY
The physical body is immaculately washed and cleaned and dressed in shrouds of hand-sewn, crisp white natural fabric before its return to earth. This sacred task is performed exclusively by the chevra kadisha, the sacred burial society. Everything is done according to Jewish law and custom, and the laws of hygiene. No unnatural beautification, cosmetics or artificial creation of a life-like appearance is done to the body.

A WOODEN CASKET
Wood, a natural, biodegradable material is the only material permitted for an outer container. Metal caskets are not allowed. Judaism teaches that the body must return to the elements: “For dust you are and to dust you shall return”

EARTH BURIAL
“The dust returns to the earth from where it came, but the spirit onto G-d who gave it.” Judaism teaches that the body must be returned to the earth where it can naturally continue its physical journey. Family and friends are encouraged to complete, if not at least take part in, the covering of the grave with earth. Cremation has no place in Judaism; in fact it is seen as an indignity to the body that housed the soul.

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