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There is a mitzvah to bury a dead body as soon as possible.
# There is a mitzvah to bury a dead body the day of the death.<ref>Rambam (Sefer Hamitzvot Aseh no. 231)</ref> There is also a prohibition to leave a corpse unburied.<ref>Sanhedrin 46b, Shulchan Aruch YD 362:1</ref>
# Even if a person says not to spend his money on his burial we bury him from his assets and if he has none we still bury him.<ref>Shulchan Aruch YD 348:2 and 3</ref>


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  1. There is a mitzvah to bury a dead body the day of the death.[1] There is also a prohibition to leave a corpse unburied.[2]
  2. Even if a person says not to spend his money on his burial we bury him from his assets and if he has none we still bury him.[3]

Sources

  1. ↑ Rambam (Sefer Hamitzvot Aseh no. 231)
  2. ↑ Sanhedrin 46b, Shulchan Aruch YD 362:1
  3. ↑ Shulchan Aruch YD 348:2 and 3
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