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Im jewish by birth. Not practicing. Im wondering what if i do not want a traditional jewish funeral. What if i dont want my body washes or an autopsy or to wear the shroud?
Everything I’ve read in Torah says not to touch the dead....The closest of kin only and after they have tended their loved one ....they are unclean for a period of time
I was wondering why those instructions are being ignored. I'm sure there's some beautifully decorated illogical reason for it. Roman catholicism follows this same pattern; obvious deviations from initial instructions, disguised as pious acts.
This was interesting, I stumbled upon your channel while looking for a video on jewish death rituals to use in a presentation, but I might watch more of your videos now
The use of cartoons to illustrate serious traditions seems so disrespectful. I'm not Jewish, but I think there are better ways of depicting these rituals.
Yeah so important actually, when there are cases where people had been buried alive by mistake and they died in the coffin scratching screaming to death.
The irony satanas chosen liars trying to insults a belief system that they know nothing about, which is also the county mathematics originated from,while in jadaism all prayers end in Amen. As in ancient Egypt all prayers were to end with the word Amen as it was the name of the sun god Amen Ra
Different gods represent different avatars of the God head, like the 72 names of jehovah the main names or the main 99 names of Allah. Which is a concept people in Ancient Egypt also believed.
I feel the music is too loud and competes with your narration that I struggle and feel inclined to seek information of this subject elsewhere ... my feedback is only intending to help.
Thanks for your comment Joseph. In the Jewish tradition, we are not using clothes to hide the body but rather purify it and present it to God. The clothes that are put on the body that similar to clothes of the cohanim (Jewish high priests).
!y best friends dad passed away yesterday. The service is on Sunday. I just realized that his dad is gone. I'm thirteen and he's fourteen. It's just sunk in to me and I don't know what to do at the funeral. I'm scared I'll hurt my best friend by saying or doing the wrong thing. He's going through so much right now. I just... don't know what to do. I was going to text or call him but I was too scared to hurt him, even though looking back, it probably would make him feel better. I hope they ended on good terms. I hope my friend isn't regretful, and I hope I can comfort him. If anyone can give advice before Sunday on what to do, I'd love it. This is the first funeral I've ever been to, and I just want my best friend to be okay.
First of all, I’m so sorry for your friend and your loss. What grief. You cannot hurt your friend by being innocent and real. We encourage you to watch this video of ours to learn a bit more about how to support your friend. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-DkKqoUYoXTg.html
BimBam, Thank you so much. It was a hard weekend, but especially for my friend. I'm not gonna get too personal, but I won't forget how he cried. He's coming home on Thursday, and we're going over to his house for a shiva. I'm also helping him get a cat, and even though I'm allergic I'm still gonna spend a lot of time with him and his cat. Once again, thank you so much.
I wish to know more. Are the bodies embalmed or if not how is the body prepared? If the bodies are prepared otherwise, do the states, then, allow this type of burial, without embalming?
Short answer - no, they don't embalm and yes the states allow that. Long answer - we're working on a video now on Cremation vs. Burial in Judaism that should be ready a few months from now. So, I'm glad this is exactly the follow up question you're having.
