1) The body is buried in a simple shroud (Talmud, Ketubot 8b), because the only things which one brings to the next world are spiritual accomplishments, not jewelry etc.
2) The body is cleansed (by the Chevra Kadisha) and buried as soon as feasible, because we try to maintain its dignity; the dignity of the divine image (Genesis ch.5). For this reason, traditional Jews do not cremate.
3) The burial should be accompanied by as many people as possible, as a sign of honor and loss (Talmud, Ketubot 17a).
4) The initial mourning periods are one, three and seven days. The act of mourning honors the dead (Rashi, Talmud Sukkah 25a) and allows the mourner to gradually deal with his/her emotion so that it won't weigh upon the heart for too long (Maimonides, "Guide," 3:41).
a) The first day of mourning is the most bitter (Talmud, Berakhot 16b, based on Amos 8:10).
b) The first three days are for crying (Talmud, Moed Katan 27b).
c) The seven-day mourning period is of extreme antiquity (Genesis 50:10), as is the practice of eulogizing the deceased (ibid).
5) It is forbidden to mourn without cease (Moed Katan, ibid). The mourner is expected to eventually get back to normal living. The practice of visiting the mourner allows him/her to talk about the deceased, and to maintain interpersonal contact so as not to sink into depression.
6) The Jewish laws of mourning, such as tearing one's garment and not cutting one's hair for a month, show honor to the deceased and express one's feeling of pain. For this reason, they are similar to the ways which we mourn the loss of the Holy Temple in the days before the ninth of Av.
7) The saying of Kaddish expresses our trust in God's judgment.
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1) The body is buried in a simple shroud (Talmud, Ketubot 8b), because the only things which one brings to the next world are spiritual accomplishments - not jewellery etc.
2) The body is cleansed (by the Chevra Kadisha) and buried as soon as feasible, because we try to maintain its dignity; the dignity of the divine image (Genesis ch.5). For this reason, traditional Jews do not cremate.
3) The burial should be accompanied by as many people as possible, as a sign of honor and loss (Talmud, Ketubot 17a).
4) The initial mourning periods are one, three and seven days. The act of mourning honors the dead (Rashi, Talmud Sukkah 25a) and allows the mourner to gradually deal with his/her emotion so that it won't weigh upon the heart for too long (Maimonides, "Guide," 3:41).
a) The first day of mourning is the most bitter (Talmud, Berakhot 16b, based on Amos 8:10); and the mourners rend their outer garments (Genesis ch.37) as a sign of this.
b) The first three days are for crying (Talmud, Moed Katan 27b).
c) The seven-day mourning period is of extreme antiquity (Genesis 50:10), as is the practice of eulogizing the deceased (ibid).
5) It is forbidden to mourn without cease (Moed Katan, ibid). The mourner is expected to eventually get back to normal living. The practice of visiting the mourner allows him/her to talk about the deceased, and to maintain interpersonal contact so as not to sink into depression.
6) The Jewish laws of mourning, such as tearing one's garment and not cutting one's hair for a month, show honor to the deceased and express one's feeling of pain. For this reason, they are similar to the ways which we mourn the loss of the Holy Temple in the days before the ninth of Av.
7) The saying of Kaddish expresses our trust in God's judgment.
Jewish mourning practices are built on the belief that death is the gateway to the afterlife.
Jude is not a part of the Jewish Bible. Jewish tradition holds that the canon of the Jewish Bible was closed 2350 years ago.
Jude is not a part of the Jewish Bible. Jewish tradition holds that the canon of the Jewish Bible was closed 2350 years ago.
Polite tradition is not to refer to stories found in the Bible as mythology. The story of Eve is found in the Book of Genesis and is part of Jewish religious tradition.
Jewish tradition states the Torah (the oldest part of the Bible) was first written around 1200 BCE. Modern Jewish scholarship suggests it was still an oral tradition until at least the time of King David (1000 BCE).
The first translation of the Jewish bible was into Greek. See Talmud, Megillah 9a. According to tradition, this translation was around 2280 years ago, under Ptolemy Philadelphus.
Mourning traditions vary from culture to culture. There is no standard model in the Catholic Church because Catholocism has been embraced by so many cultures around the world and has accommodated a variety of local traditions. Even more so, there is no uniform Christian mourning tradition. The Jewish tradition divides mourning into segments: Between death and burial, the mourners are exempt from all religious obligations. For the 7 days after burial, the mourners are expected to stay home, supported by their community which convenes prayer services at the home for the mourners. Until 30 days after the burial, the mourners are expected to live soberly, avoiding frivolous activity. For 11 months after burial, the mourners should attend religious services daily to say the Mourner's Kaddish. One year after burial, it is traditional to set the headstone at the grave. On the anniversary of the death, Jewish mourners also try to say the Mourner's Kaddish.
Jewish tradition holds that Judaism began with Abraham in the Hebrew Bible, about 4000 years ago.
No, the Jewish Bible is called the Tanach. The Christian Old Testament was based on the Tanach but the OT was altered to support the teachings of Christianity. Jews do not consider the OT to be a valid translation of the Tanach.
Jewish tradition (Oral Torah) stresses that an effort be made to bury the dead on the day of his/her death, or as early as possible.
According to Jewish tradition, the Torah is based on revelation from God (Exodus ch.19), and the rest of the Hebrew Bible is based on prophecy.
Rabbits are listed in the Bible along with pigs as examples of animals that are not kosher. Aside from that, they have no role.
The Bible does not say but Adam died when 930 (Genesis 5:5). A Jewish tradition has Eve dying one day after Adam.