Ask the Rabbi
- Family and Society
- Death and Mourning
- Burial and the Cemetery
Question
When visiting a cemetery, what prayer is said at the grave sight for the deceased?
Answer
There is a list of psalms that are said on the thirtieth day from the burial and on the anniversary of the death(=yahrtzeit). Some or all of these may be said when visiting on another occasion. Those in charge of the cemetery should have a prayer-book with them that includes the bracha that is made on visiting a cemetery after having not been there for thirty days or more.

Netilat Yadayim after visiting a cemetery
Rabbi Yirmiyohu Kaganoff | Elul 22, 5769

Visiting a cemetery on Yom Kippur
Various Rabbis | 18 Tishrei 5768
Mamzer in Jewish cemetary
Rabbi Moshe Leib Halberstadt | Kislev 1, 5770





