Cremation

Part II:

Cremation: Unparalleled cruelty

On the subject of cremation in Jewish Law, part II.

On cremation:

A violent end to the Body and Soul

A practice once unthinkable for a Jew is now often accepted casually by secular Jews, without serious thought about its spiritual, scientific, and moral dimensions. It is the difference between a melody gently fading into silence and an instrument smashed to pieces mid-song.

Shabbos Vayechi:

Two free live workshops on ensuring proper burial

Free Shabbos Vayechi workshops reveal what Rabbis won't tell you about burial planning and how one conversation can save a soul from cremation.

Race Against Time:

Rabbis: Ensure Jewish soldiers are buried with honor

With Ukraine's military standardizing cremation, the two rabbis discussed emergency protocols, including Shabbat exceptions, to ensure Jewish war casualties receive burial in line with halakha.

Saved from cremation:

Legal battle over deceased Jewish author

French court rules to respect Jewish writer's wish to be buried according to Jewish law, despite objections of his eldest daughter, who planned to cremate him.