Ask the Rabbi
- Family and Society
- Death and Mourning
- Burial and the Cemetery
Question
What is one permitted to say in a cemtery or in the presence of a dead body?
Answer
Any Torah that is taught or mentioned out of respect for the deceased is permitted. It is customary to say tehillim (Pnei Baruch 37,22).
Passing the Shovel at the Kevurah
Various Rabbis | 11 Adar I 5763
Viewing a Body After Tahara
Various Rabbis | 12 Kislev 5765
Stone setting
Rabbi Yoel Lieberman | Sivan 19, 5785
