Kavod v'Nichum
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Jewish Funeral Practices Committee of Greater Washington
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Jewish Funerals, Burial, and Mourning |
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Preparing the Body |
| Tahara Manual of Practices - available for purchase singly or in bulk | Detailed instruction concerning how a Tahara is performed and some of the reasons why these customs are observed. The Tahara Manual also covers issues related to Availus learned from HaGaon HaRav Moshe Feinstein. |
| Tahara - First Person Accounts | 20 stories from around the U.S. and Canada |
| Tahara Manuals | Instructions and prayers |
| Tahara Certificates | Samples from Chevra Kadisha in Chicago and Westchester |
| Sew What - Threads of Tradition | Making tachrichim in San Jose, California |
| Tachrichim – traditional, simple, white burial garments |
Listing of the parts that make up the tachrichim. |
| Tachrichim - Suppliers | |
| Stretching a Jewish Vigil for the Sept. 11 Dead | Shmira in New York |
| Provided emotional and financial support for grieving families. In late 19th and early 20th century New York, one often became a member of a landsmannschaft as an alternative to purchasing an expensive cemetery plot. Each landsmannschaft had a chevra kadisha to purchase, maintain and sell individual graves. | |
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W. Orange NJ synagogue lists services provided by the Chevra |
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20 articles, from 1978 to current, that provide information and possibly some guidance |
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A Mourner's Minhag - From the Temple B'nai Shalom Funeral Practices Committee |
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| Burying the Dead in Simple White Shrouds | From Saying Kaddish: How to Comfort the Dying, Bury the Dead And Mourn as a Jew |