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==The Mitzvah of Burial== | ==The Mitzvah of Burial== | ||
# 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> | ||
