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# 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> | # 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 requests 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> | # Even if a person requests 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> | ||
==Where to Do the Burial== | |||
# Generally it is forbidden to bury someone in another cemetery if there is a closer one in town. Exceptions to this rule include burying the corpse in Israel, burying them in a family plot, or if the deceased left an explicit directive to bury him in a certain location. <ref>Shulchan Aruch and Rama YD 363:2</ref> | |||
==Cremation== | ==Cremation== | ||
# It is a very serious prohibition to cremate a Jewish body. It is an active commission of the mitzvah of burial and is a great spiritual curse for the deceased.<ref>Gesher Hachaim 1:16:9:1</ref> | # It is a very serious prohibition to cremate a Jewish body. It is an active commission of the mitzvah of burial and is a great spiritual curse for the deceased.<ref>Gesher Hachaim 1:16:9:1</ref> | ||
