- Family and Society
- Burial and the Cemetery
Embalming
Question
I was asked by a friend of mine we why Jews do not embalm the dead.
Can you help answer this question for me?
Answer
Today embalming includes disrespecting the deceased, since nowadays it is done by extracting fluids and parts of the body and replacing them with preservers. Hence, it is forbidden.
Rabbi Ro'i Margalit

Stone setting
Various Rabbis | Adar II 6, 5768
Washing after funeral
Rabbi Daniel Kirsch | Sivan 20, 5782

Reusing kli after cemetery
Various Rabbis | 24 Sivan 5767

Unveilings / Timelines
Various Rabbis | 29 Iyyar 5765

Various Rabbis
Various Rabbis including those of of Yeshivat Bet El, such as Rabbi Chaim Katz, Rabbi Binyamin Bamberger and Rabbi Yitzchak Greenblat and others.

Mistake in the Kiddushin
3 Tevet 5763

REDEMPTION, Why - What did I do!?
4 Cheshvan 5763

Kissing a Mezuzah or Sefer
3 Tishrei 5763

The Blessing of keeping The Laws of Niddah
15 Cheshvan 5763

Bracha on water
Rabbi Elchanan Lewis | Cheshvan 16, 5769

Naming a baby girl Romi
Rabbi Ari Shvat | Nisan 18, 5774

On which day may one start wishing "Shabbat Shalom"?
Rabbi David Sperling | Iyyar 9, 5780

Naming a baby girl Romi
Rabbi Ari Shvat | Nisan 18, 5774

Preparation for Davening
Rabbi David Sperling | Av 7, 5782

melave malka
Rabbi Ari Shvat | Av 4, 5782

Revising Nachem on Tisha bAv after 6 Day War
Rabbi Ari Shvat | Av 5, 5782
