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# 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, Salmat Chaim YD 191, 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> | ||
# One may not greet a friend at a levaya in a cemetery.<ref>Rama YD 343:2, Chazon Ovadia (Aveilut v. 1 p. 324)</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> | ||
# Some have a practice to encircle the coffin and walk around it seven times reciting Yoshev Bseter Elyon, Anna Bkoach, Halach Lifanecha Tzidkecha, Kel Maleh, and Vehu rachum. These circuits or hakafot aren't done at night.<ref>Chazon Ovadia (Aveilut v. 1 p. 325)</ref> | |||
==Who Should Attend a Levaya== | ==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> | # 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> | ||
