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==Process of Levaya== | ==Process of Levaya== | ||
# The company at a levaya says the tehillim of “yoshev bseter eylon” (Tehillim 91) starting with the pasuk v’yahey noam and concluded at the words “ki atta Hashem machsi”.<ref>Chazon Ovadia (Aveilut v. 1 p. 302). The Chaye Adam (Nishmat Adam 5:2) writes that it is acceptable to read a half pasuk as part of tefillah and not kriyah. </ref> For a woman eshet chayil is also recited.<ref>Chazon Ovadia (Aveilut v. 1 p. 302)</ref> | # The company at a levaya says the tehillim of “yoshev bseter eylon” (Tehillim 91) starting with the pasuk v’yahey noam and concluded at the words “ki atta Hashem machsi”.<ref>Chazon Ovadia (Aveilut v. 1 p. 302). The Chaye Adam (Nishmat Adam 5:2) writes that it is acceptable to read a half pasuk as part of tefillah and not kriyah. </ref> For a woman eshet chayil is also recited.<ref>Chazon Ovadia (Aveilut v. 1 p. 302)</ref> | ||
# To the deceased it is proper to say "לך בשלום"<ref>Brachot 64a, Darkei Moshe YD 403:1</ref> and some add "ותעמוד לגורלך לקץ הימין".<ref>Chazon Ovadia (Aveilut v. 1 p. 302)</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> | # 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> | ||
# One should not greet someone at the time of a levaya.<ref>Aruch Hashulchan 343:4, Salmat Chaim YD 191, Nitai Gavriel (Aveilut v. 1 65:12)</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 useless speech.<ref>Shulchan Aruch YD 344:16, Chazon Ovadia (Aveilut v. 1 p. 303), Nitai Gavriel (Aveilut v. 1 65:19)</ref> | # One should not talk at a levaya useless speech.<ref>Shulchan Aruch YD 344:16, 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> | # 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> | ||
==Who Should Attend a Levaya== | |||
# 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> | |||
# A pregnant woman may go to a levaya even though some have the practice not to.<ref>Nitai Gavriel (Aveilut v. 1 67:7), Chazon Ovadia (Aveilut v. 1 p. 313)</ref> | |||
# It is permitted to attend the levaya of someone who hated you.<ref>Shach 335:2 quotes the Bach as saying that a person who is hated by someone shouldn't go to visit him when he is sick or comfort him when he is in mourning but can go to his levaya after he passes away. | |||
He adds that it depends on the situation. </ref> | |||
==Standing for the Levaya== | ==Standing for the Levaya== | ||
