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Death and Mourning

Originally published in The Jewish Chronicle.  Date unknown: I see that a Southend rabbi refused to attend a shiva for a person who was cremated. What is the reason? Reform and liberal congregations permit cremation if it is carried out in a reverential manner. Orthodoxy, however, is severely opposed to cremation for a number of…

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