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  • Burial, Mourning

A not yet frum person is asking me about burial in a wall. Is this allowed? 

  There is a Halachic requirement to bury the deceased in the ground itself. This prohibits burial in a wall, such as in the wall of a crypt or mausoleum.…

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  • Burial, Mourning, Pregnancy
  • funeral, levaya

My wife is pregnant. Can she go to a relatives funeral; to the cemetery? 

  The custom is to avoid going, although strictly it’s permitted. When there is need to go (she really wants, etc.), it’s best not to be in the same room…

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  • Burial, Mourning
  • cremation, kaddish

My cousin passed away yesterday. Since then we have fought nonstop day and night to prevent her body cremation scheduled for by her non-Jewish attendant and guardian. However unfortunately, we did not manage to stop the guardian from doing it her way. I have started, as a Nedava B’li neder, to say kaddish, Mishnayot, candles. Which practical  differences exist between this case and common Chiyuv cases, apart from the mandatory mourning restrictions upon Chiyuvim, and the priority of Chiyuvim, if such are present, to be Shliach Tzibur? 

  One who is cremated by their own choice is not mourned nor is Kaddish recited for them. However if it was not by choice or they did not have…

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  • Burial
  • amputation, burial

A Jew I know will probably have his leg amputated from above the knee and down. Does the leg need to be buried in a cemetery or can it be buried a backyard or the like? Are there any Tefilos/Tahara that has to be done?

It does not need to be buried. The custom is to bury it anyhow, either due to Tumas Kohanim or as a Minhag. It can be buried anywhere. There is…

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  • Burial
  • burial, headstone, matzaiva, mourning

If someone bought a family grave plot in a cemetery, is there an issue of Ayin Hara to put up a head stone with the family name, if no one is buried there?

There are two issues: 1. Many Poskim forbid the usage of languages other than Lashon Hakodesh on a tombstone. As part of a Zechus for the Neshsmos, one should be…

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