- Family and Society
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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
Washing after funeral
Rabbi Daniel Kirsch | Sivan 20, 5782

Burial Question
Rabbi Yoel Lieberman | Iyyar 3, 5780

Saying prayers at the grave
Rabbi Jonathan Blass | 21 Shevat 5763
Burial of Jewish Couple in Same Grave
Rabbi Daniel Kirsch | Tammuz 27, 5781

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.

Finding a Rav
4 Cheshvan 5763

Non-Kosher wine for cooking
7 Kislev 5763

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

Backyard Eruv
15 Kislev 5763

Mezzuzah for Non Jew
Rabbi David Sperling | Iyyar 18, 5773

Mosquito netting on top of Succah
Rabbi Chaim Tabasky | 10 Tishrei 5767

Death on the Holiday
Rabbi Elchanan Lewis | 8 Tishrei 5765

Eating in Shiurim
Rabbi David Sperling | Tishrei 7, 5775

chelev oblation
Rabbi Ari Shvat | Elul 25, 5783
hagomel in Yom kipur
Rabbi Daniel Kirsch | Tishrei 9, 5784

fast on yom kipper
Rabbi Ari Shvat | Tishrei 9, 5784
