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).

A deceased’s last wishes.
Rabbi Chaim Tabasky | 24 Tevet 5766

Stone setting
Rabbi Yoel Lieberman | Sivan 19, 5785

Farewell to deceased relatives
Rabbi Yoel Lieberman | Cheshvan 4, 5780





