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Jewish Funerals, Burial, and Mourning Origins of Jewish Practice   The Attitude Toward Sickness, Dying and Death As Expressed in the Liturgical Works Maavor Yabok and Sefer Hahayiim  From 1626 Mantua, Italy and and 1717 Amsterdam - Note that this document is in pdf format - text format without the Hebrew Rabbi Steven A. Moss Responsa in War Time Excerpts regarding death practices from one of the most amazing Jewish historical and religious documents of the 20th century. It contains 22 questions on topics ranging from Tahara and Tachrichim to Kaddish to autopsy and cremation. Detailed answers with text references are included. First published in December 1947. The Orthodox, Conservative and Reform rabbis on CANRA [Committee on Army and Navy Religious Activities] in reference to the practical problems of Jewish law confronting the Jewish chaplain and his GI congregation The Scandal of the Jewish Funeral from the book The Jew in American Life Rabbi Samuel H. Dresner Educating Jewish Adolescents to Dying, Death and Bereavement Translating Jewish Tradition into Educational Resources Rabbi Joshua Elkin Holidays & Observances On Death and Mourning for Religious Living on the Web - Overview of traditions with biblical citations Stephen Butterfass Webshas A partial index to the Talmud including specific areas of reference to Mourning and Death. Rabbi Mordechai Torczyner Jewish Law - Examining Halacha, Jewish Issues and Secular Law Sponsored by the Orthodox Union and the Aleph Institute – Center for Halacha and American Law - A research center to learn and acquire knowledge. Edited by Ira Kasden and Nathan Diament Committee on Jewish Law and Standards and Vaad Halakhah of the Rabbinical Assembly of Israel 25 responsa from the CJLS from 1983 to 1997 and 10 from RA of Israel   CJLS - various authors; RA of Israel: Vol. 1 (5746) Alexandra Klein-Franke Vol. 2 (5747) Rabbi Joseph Heckelman Vol. 3 (5748-5749) the authors of the responsa Vol. 4 (5750-5752) Rabbi David Golinkin Vol. 5 (5752-5754) Rabbi David Golinkin Vol. 6 (5755-5758) Monique Susskind Goldberg  Reform Responsa Provides answers to questions about Reform Judaism and Jewish living - 142 responsa from 1891 to present from Topical Index of Reform Responsa compiled by Rabbi Steven Ross Chatinover from the texts of five sets of responsa   CCAR Responsa Committee, not yet in print NYP. Teshuvot for the 1990's, edited by W. Gunther Plaut and Mark Washofsky - TFN. Responsa published in New American Reform Responsa, Solomon Freehof, 1980 - NARR Responsa published in American Reform Responsa, Walter Jacob, ed, 1983 - ARR Responsa published in Contemporary American Reform Responsa, Walter Jacob, ed., 1987 - CARR