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# At a levaya no one should walk in front of the coffin except for those carrying the coffin who need to be there.<ref>Aruch Hashulchan 358:5, Chazon Ovadia (Aveilut v. 1 p. 304)</ref> | # At a levaya no one should walk in front of the coffin except for those carrying the coffin who need to be there.<ref>Aruch Hashulchan 358:5, Chazon Ovadia (Aveilut v. 1 p. 304)</ref> | ||
# The minhag of Yerushalayim is that the descendants of the deceased don’t join in the levaya, however, outside Israel the minhag is that they do join the levaya.<ref>Chazon Ovadia (Aveilut v. 1 p. 304)</ref> | # The minhag of Yerushalayim is that the descendants of the deceased don’t join in the levaya, however, outside Israel the minhag is that they do join the levaya.<ref>Chazon Ovadia (Aveilut v. 1 p. 304)</ref> | ||
# One should not greet someone at the time of a levaya.<ref>Aruch Hashulchan 343:4, Nitai Gavriel (Aveilut v. 1 65:12)</ref> | |||
One should not talk at a levaya useful speech.<ref>Chazon Ovadia (Aveilut v. 1 p. 303), Nitai Gavriel (Aveilut v. 1 65:19)</ref> | |||
# The minhag is that those carrying the coffin stop to be buried stop every 4 amot for a total of two or three times. There is no need to make these stops on days when there is no tziduk hadin. <Ref>Rama YD 358:3. Shach 358:4 quotes the Levush who explains that the stops are to prevent bad spirits from attaching themselves and on days when there is no tziduk hadin there is no concern of these spirits.</ref> | |||
==Standing for the Levaya== | ==Standing for the Levaya== | ||
