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# 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> | # 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> | ||
# It is forbidden to bury someone who is wicked next to someone who is righteous.<ref>Gemara Sanhedrin 47a</ref> | # It is forbidden to bury someone who is wicked next to someone who is righteous.<ref>Gemara Sanhedrin 47a, Shulchan Aruch YD 362:5</ref> | ||
# It is forbidden to bury a Jew next to a non-Jew.<ref>Ran (Gittin 28a s.v. kovrin), Chazon Ovadia (Aveilut v. 1 p. 313). Chazon Ovadia writes that the graves need to be at least 8 amot apart.</ref> Therefore, the child of a non-Jewish mother and a Jewish father may not be buried in a Jewish cemetery unless he converted in which case he is completely Jewish.<ref>Melamed Lhoil 2:127 writes that it is a very serious sin to allow a child of a non-Jewish mother to be buried in a Jewish cemetery. Firstly, it is forbidden to bury a non-Jew next to a Jew. Secondly, it makes it appear as though the child of an intermarried couple with a non-Jewish mother is Jewish is completely false.</ref> | # It is forbidden to bury a Jew next to a non-Jew.<ref>Ran (Gittin 28a s.v. kovrin), Chazon Ovadia (Aveilut v. 1 p. 313). Chazon Ovadia writes that the graves need to be at least 8 amot apart.</ref> Therefore, the child of a non-Jewish mother and a Jewish father may not be buried in a Jewish cemetery unless he converted in which case he is completely Jewish.<ref>Melamed Lhoil 2:127 writes that it is a very serious sin to allow a child of a non-Jewish mother to be buried in a Jewish cemetery. Firstly, it is forbidden to bury a non-Jew next to a Jew. Secondly, it makes it appear as though the child of an intermarried couple with a non-Jewish mother is Jewish is completely false.</ref> | ||
