Some valuable information about Chevra

Kadisha
Death is predictable and one of the few things in life citizens cannot avoid.
Yet, although the major of death is worldwide wherever you reside in the
earth, the development of mourning differs depending on what civilization
you are from. Some wear particular clothes and colors whilst others refrain
from certain foods and activities. In Victorian times the dead often died in
and around the relations home and it was there that the body was left until
such a time as it could be buried. It was only when Queen Victoria went into
deep mourning for Prince Albert that more formal mourning rituals were
adhered to. Mourning periods were introduced along with official attire for
mourners such as the black crepe clothing and jet jewelers. Emphasis on the
funeral and where the deceased was to be buried played greatly on the
minds of the Victorians and the last thing anyone wanted was to have a
pauper's burial. For the Jewish, once a person died the body was taken
straight to the Chevra Kadisha (holy society) whilst an important person
Jewish has to remain here until the burial. The body is washed and scrubbed
and then dressed in a pure white cotton shroud. This shroud is made up of
seven pieces for a man and ten for a woman. It is critical there are no knots
in the shroud as this will stop the soul from leaving the body. Israeli soil is
placed on the deceased's eyes, heart and hands. In Hinduism, the belief that
death is not the end prohibits any prolonged length of mourning to occur.
The mourning period commences on the cremation of the deceased and
ends on the thirteenth day. Any longer and Hindus believe it averts the easy
passage of the departed soul to the journey that awaits them. On the day of
the death, the direct family does not cook, so others tend for them. The
mourning period for relatives and friends is 3 days. For the widow it is four
months and ten days, during this period she is prohibited from re marrying,
moving or wearing decorative jeweler. Many burial societies hold one or two
annual fast days and organize regular learn sessions to remain up-to-date
with the relevant articles of Jewish law. You can get more idea about this
matter from http://www.oldcityshrouds.com.
These are the thoughts that guide us as we pay the dead the last necessary.
These sentiments move the men and women of the Chevra Kadisha, which
accomplish this work of love. You have the body beautiful straight out. If
possible, place it on the floor. In any case, you can remove sheets and
blankets, because the heat would speed up the decay of lifeless flesh to

burial. By Fester The corpse the carcass comes close physically. And the
smell of carrion, even if it comes from a human cadaver, involuntarily cause
feelings or words and gestures that are not available with the honor in
harmony, we are the dead guilty. The dead body is covered with a white
cloth. These tasks meet the pious Association, and indeed worry confreres
for the men and nuns for women. Here it should be noted only briefly that
the dead in modern Israel not entombed in general, and be buried in a black
shroud. By contrast, soldiers who have fallen in defense of their country
mostly carried in a coffin and buried in him. The concern for the dead will not
be left exclusively to the family, and the body alone remains. Someone
guards him, day and night. In the larger municipalities that happens for
various reasons mostly by a municipal employee, a guardian or a guardian,
the. After a certain period, for example, after twelve hours, to be replaced by
another Even on his deathbed "is studied", i.e., the Jewish doctrine is
maintained and studied the relevant Jewish literature. From Scripture
portions and Psalter are read aloud. Also helping the means established for
this purpose. They completed a series of formalities, such as the
abandonment of the obituary notice at the registry office and other, for the
funeral association is responsible. Coffin and dead dress to be prepared. Both
are plain and simple. This is true for men as for women. Since eighteen
centuries. Before prevailed at funerals before such ostentation, that the
middle class and the poor seemed ashamed and therefore also pushed even
the burial of their dead. At that time the patriarch, a Jewish center, its
heyday from the last quarter of the first extended to the first quarter of the
second century of our era, on this simple austerity for themselves which then
allowed him to be well received. Since then, this custom is preserved and
sanctified unchanged. The coffin is a box made of unplanned wood white.
The dead dress was made of white linen, the quality of which is immaterial.
The dead will be created no jewelry, just as it jewelry or valuables given to
the grave. Just what part of the body, you are with him. Also what has
become an integral part of it, such as a wooden leg? Such a box and a
shroud, provided for a specific dead should never be used for another person
or for any other purpose. Because of the dead person is defenseless and
unable to fight for his rights.