Laws and Customs of a Funeral: Difference between revisions
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# One should wash one's hands before entering a house.<ref>Rama YD 376:4</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> | # 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== | ||
# 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> | ||
