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# 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> | ||
# Someone who hastens the process of the burial is praiseworthy except for a parent a child may not rush the burial as doing so is disrespectful.<ref>Moed Katan 22a, Shulchan Aruch YD 357:2, Chazon Ovadia (Aveilut v. 1 p. 300)</ref> | # Someone who hastens the process of the burial is praiseworthy except for a parent a child may not rush the burial as doing so is disrespectful.<ref>Moed Katan 22a, Shulchan Aruch YD 357:2, Chazon Ovadia (Aveilut v. 1 p. 300)</ref> | ||
==Practices after the Funeral== | |||
# There is a practice to take dirt and grass and throw it over one's shoulder after the burial. This is a reference to the resurrection of the dead.<ref>shibolei Haleket (Semachot no. 14), Shulchan Aruch YD 376:4</ref> | |||
# After the funeral one should wash one's hands three times<Ref>Shulchan Aruch YD 376:4</ref> and not to dry them, but if it is difficult one may dry them.<ref>Ben Ish Chai (Shana Rishona, Toldot no. 16), Chazon Ovadia (Aveilut v. 1 p. 331)</ref> | |||
# One should wash one's hands before entering a house.<ref>Rama YD 376:4</ref> | |||
# One should not pass the cup used for washing hands from one person to another. Instead it should be put down for the next person.<ref>Eliya Rabba 224:8, Chazon Ovadia (Aveilut v. 1 p. 332)</ref> | |||
==Where to Do the Burial== | ==Where to Do the Burial== | ||
