Talk:Bereavement in Judaism/Archive 1

Organ Donation
As far as organ donation goes, I can only speak of what I know, namely the Orthodox perspective, but clearly it is allowed under the right conditions -- see, for example, www.hods.org. (I can provide plenty of primary sources if needed.) Already in the 1700s was the topic discussed (in the form of corneal transplants), and while yes it is considered a form of atonement for the body to decompose and an attempt is made to recover and bury as much as possible, Orthodoxy never claimed that full burial was required for the soul to go to heaven. (If it was, would that mean that all those who perished at Auschwitz can't go to heaven?) The IP address used by the previous user has been repeatedly warned for vandalism and/or adding nonsense. I'm happy to have a discussion about Judaism's view on organ donation, but for now I really don't think we can say "all denominations prohibit." The previous user may have been quoting a minority opinion at best. TLMD13 20:13, 25 September 2006 (UTC)TLMD13


 * Anon IP (who's been warned for vandalism) felt like adding in "somewhat" permitted, which I undid. We can talk about this.  I don't see the "somewhat" here: according to what I've heard from Fred Rosner on the subject, as long as donor death has been determined, in theory it's fine, though practically they may have to ask the doctors for things like not otherwise tampering with the body, using biodegradable thread, and the like -- but none of that changes that it's 100% "permitted."  The only other caveat mentioned in Rosner's lecture is that the success rate must exceed 50% for something huge like a heart transplant -- practically, this condition is always met in current procedures.  TLMD13 13:32, 17 May 2007 (UTC)TLMD13

The page, as it stood, did not appear to reflect the serious practical difficulties for orthodox jews who wish to be organ donors. There was no source for the statement about donors in Israel. I have amended the page accordingly. You might want to look at the following links to see why I thought the changes were necessary: http://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/371776/jewish/Organ-Donation.htm and here is a leaflet published by the National Health Service in the UK: https://www.uktransplant.org.uk/ukt/newsroom/fact_sheets/religious_leaflets/judaism_and_organ_donation/judaism_and_organ_donation_v2.pdf 62.25.109.198 (talk) 17:31, 26 January 2009 (UTC)

name and lead
This article currently has no lead, and with the article name, it's kind of hard to construct one. I would like to see the article moved to Bereavement in Judaism for starters, since "Jewish bereavement" is not what the article is about, it's about bereavement in Judaism. Discuss. Tomer TALK 18:33, September 8, 2005 (UTC)


 * Yeah, I was struggling with that myself. Death, Dying, Mourning/Bereavement, Jewish eschatology, burial, funeral practices . . . they're all related, but I couldn't find one term to sum it all up and didn't really like "Judaism and Death."  Thanks for bringing it to the Talk page.  I'd like to see a solution.


 * Separately . . . what you mean by a lead? I was intending this to be an overview article, and think that what you're saying might be related to how overview articles are "done" in Wikipedia.


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Sealed casket?
The article mentions that the casket is both sealed and left unsealed. Anyone know which it is? Thanks. 152.15.103.85 19:53, 31 March 2006 (UTC)
 * The casket is sealed as in, nailed shut so it will stay shut, but it is not hermetically sealed, which stops the body from decomposing and keeps things like worms out.
 * Allowing the body to decompose naturally is preferred, but I'm not sure what is done if local ordinances state that the casket is to be hermetically sealed.

Headstone/footstone
Huh? What's this business about headstone footstone? Are you talking about what we call it in Hebrew, or what the actual stone looks like, or ...? I've never heard of this one before; does anyone have a source for this? Unless we can source this, or others can confirm this as something they've heard of, I'm wondering if this should be deleted. TLMD13 08:30, 15 September 2006 (UTC)TLMD13


 * Okay, I'm deleting this footstone business. If anyone has a source, they're welcome to put it back in.  TLMD13 20:05, 25 September 2006 (UTC)TLMD13

draft?
What's the Jewish bereavement/draft redirect page about? is that a wiki software artifact (left over from the title change way back)?

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 * It means that someone created an article at Jewish bereavement/draft, and then moved it or redirected it to this page. You can nominate it for deletion if you would like. — Reinyday, 17:22, 29 September 2006 (UTC)

Split
It seems that a lot of sections are being cut short in the interests of space, size, and appearance. Mostly the sections that I would see as the grieving and memorializing bits that stop this article from being called "Death in Judaism." I've seen other articles be split into multiple pages without actually being split as articles. I think they were able to keep the TOC intact on each of the pages, though. Anyway, that was what I was thinking of trying to do here.

I created the page, but I don't have the time, and don't have the fight left in me to do things like this anymore.

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1 Death and dying
 * Bereavement in Judaism - Death

1.1 Death bed

1.2 Death itself

1.3 Vigil

2 Chevra kadisha

2.1 Preparing the body

3 Funeral service

3.1 Eulogies

4 Burial

10 Communal responses to death

10.1 Zihuy Korbanot Asson (ZAKA)

10.2 Hebrew Free Burial Association (HFBA)

11 Controversy following death

11.1 Donating organs

11.2 Jewish view of cremation

11.3 Suicide

11.4 Tattoos

11.5 Death of an apostate Jew

11.6 Death of an infant

12 After death in Judaism

7 Matzevah - Unveiling of the headstone

14 The Holocaust

5 Mourning
 * Bereavement in Judaism - Mourning

5.1 Keriah and shivah

5.2 Commencing and calculating the seven days of mourning

6 Stages of mourning

6.1 First stage - aninut

6.2 Second stage - avelut

6.3 Third stage - shiv'ah

6.4 Fourth stage - shloshim

6.5 Fifth stage - shanah a year of mourning


 * Bereavement in Judaism - Rememberance

8 Annual remembrances

8.1 Yahrzeit

8.2 Visiting the gravesite

9 Memorial through prayer

9.1 Mourner's Kaddish

9.2 Yizkor

9.3 Av HaRachamim

13 National days of remembrance


 * I don't know. It doesn't seem that the article is overly long, though it does have lots of subsections. Aslo, many of those main topics are already covered in their own articles, some of which can be seen at Template:JewishLifeCycle (bottom line). --Eliyak T · C 01:27, 19 September 2006 (UTC)


 * I think the page works well as is, but if it is split, the article names should be Remembrance in Judaism (note spelling), Mourning in Judaism, and Bereavement in Judaism. — Reinyday, 14:19, 29 September 2006 (UTC)


 * I don’t know. I think this should all be under one article and splitting it would just make it too confusing. I don’t see a difference between mourning and bereavement and as for Remembrance, we can have an article on Yizkor which is somewhat different than mourning, kinda... Valley2city 04:54, 31 October 2006 (UTC)

-- I think it's advantageous to deal with the whole subject in one article. It is split in other online sources, and to my mind more difficult to find and sort out. I also think that the flow from death through mourning is a continuous process and properly dealt with holistically. Jeff, 26 November 2006

Preparing the body -- Taharah
I did a fairly significant re-write of this section, partly for clarity and partly to try to get the level of detail a little more consistent throughout the section. Introduced a number of new transliterations of Hebrew terms.

Johnny Lee jlee 04:13, 7 February 2007 (UTC)

Sitting Shiva
Anon. IP added the thing about sitting shiva when someone marries out; not quite so simple -- I'm going to expand upon this. (They say the minhag developed from a quote that R' Gershom sat shiva for his son k'shenishtamed, when in fact that was a typo, the girsa was shenishtamed -- i.e., when he died.) TLMD13 14:35, 8 January 2007 (UTC)TLMD13

Can TLMD13 or someone else please provide a reference for the typo, maybe the name of the text that contained the typo, and ideally also a source which explains the mistake which was made and the effect of the new ruling (perhaps by a posek)? 130.164.79.143 17:25, 5 March 2007 (UTC)


 * That was in Or Zarua published by Rabbi Isaac of Vienna in the twelfth century. I've added this info to the article. -- M P er el ( talk 18:14, 5 March 2007 (UTC)

Keriah for "apostasy"
Anon. IP added right after the Keriah paragraph that it's done for "apostasy" as well. If this refers to sitting shiva for a Jew who's gone "apostate", that's addressed elsewhere in the article. If we mean Keriah as a response to hearing 'chiruf v'giduf', e.g. as described in II Kings, that's true, but a.) not sure it belongs here; ideas about this? b.) I don't think "apostasy" is the appropriate term (maybe 'heresy' would be better); the episode in II Kings, which is the original source, has a pagan ambassador saying all sorts of awful things about the God of Israel -- it's heretical to Judaism, but not 'apostasy' to the fellow saying it, who was never Jewish to begin with. (And then there's the Talmud's discussion of what kinds of curses are rare enough to still be shocking, 'or else your shirt would be full of tears', etc.) Any thoughts on this? TLMD13 14:52, 10 July 2007 (UTC)TLMD13

Funeral
Integration of the term levayah seems valid, in that levayah, rather than "funeral" may well be the only term used in traditional communities. Further, the meaning "accompanying" supports the understanding of the mitzvah, whereas the word funeral does not even in translation, tie into the Jewish hashkafa. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Comik (talk • contribs) 01:32, 2 January 2009 (UTC)

Preparing the body — Taharah
What does the standalone paragraph "(Note- Buried not within 24hours)" mean? AlanM1 (talk) 01:23, 25 September 2010 (UTC)

Tattoo
I'd like to find a source to verify info about the Orthodox opinion on tattoos and burial. Specifically related to: Holocaust, converts/baalai tshuvah who never removed their tattoos, removing post-mortem, laser surgery, and if the person doesn't remove pre or post.

--198.203.175.175 01:45, 29 March 2006 (UTC)

It is my understanding that the opinion of denying Jewish burial to those with tattoos is not universal and is primarily held only in the US. Israelis have told me that since most everyone in Israel is Jewish, the idea of a "Jewish" cemetary, as opposed to a cemetary admitting everyone, is absurd. Hence, if you are buried in Israel and have a tattoo, you'll be buried just like everyone else -- in a cemetary full of primarily Jews and with proper Jewish ceremony. I too would like more information about this, but if this caveat does exist and you choose to update the entry on tattoos and burial, please make note of the exception.

On a similar note, I have looked into opinions about Conservative converts and tattoos. This opinion seems to vary -- some feel that what is done is done and the only thing to do is move forward, as removal is just as damaging, if not more damaging, than the tattoo itself. Others advocate removal. Conservatives are, of course, less strict about interpretation, but I thought this would be good to note as the strictness with which the law is interpreted can vary even among Orthodox congregations.

If I'm wrong about this, please set me straight. A.Octavia 15:33, 29 March 2006 (UTC)

The whole thing is nonsense from beginning to end. There is no source in Jewish Law or tradition to deny a person with a tattoo buriel in a Jewish cemetery. it is urban legend fiction.71.190.18.33 (talk) 22:19, 23 July 2015 (UTC)

Chevra Kadisha
The section Chevra Kadisha has essentially nothing to do with bereavement and can safely be deleted from this article. --Redaktor (talk) 06:38, 30 October 2014 (UTC)

Upon receiving news of the passing

Upon receiving the news of the passing, the following blessing is recited: ברוך אתה ה' א‑לוהינו מלך העולם, דיין האמת.

Transliteration: Barukh atah Adonai Eloheinu melekh ha'olam, dayan ha-emet. Translation: "Blessed are You, Lord, our God, King of the universe, the Judge of Truth."[1] Dayan ha-emet is not the True Judge. It means the Judge of Truth (dayan, with patoch vowel under the yood, is s'michut, meaning judge OF...) I have edited accordingly.Kepipesiom (talk) 22:29, 23 July 2015 (UTC)

Problems in this article
IMHO, there are a bunch of problems in this article. I already removed some redundant material. But I think there needs to be some re-ordering of the sections. Also, there is room to add more detailed and accurate information throughout. My plan is to do more research and to start adding and reorganizing. I hope not to overstep the bounds and only make the article better, but if you think I went to far, please bring it up here or on my wall; I'll be watching both spaces.Steal the Kosher Bacon (talk) 16:49, 22 November 2016 (UTC)

NOT permitted by all
Being an organ donor is absolutely prohibited by some, and permitted, in principle, by others.

That there is a card carried by some, stating
 * "I do not give my permission to take from me, not in life or in death, any organ or part of my body for any purpose"

supports this.

More information can be found in Organ donation in Jewish law. Dad7 (talk) 10:13, 18 January 2017 (UTC)

Mourner's Kaddish Traditions
I thought I'd start a discussion about the statements made about traditions for the Mourner's Kaddish. It has been my experience that Askenazi Jews (Orthodox) do not stand for the prayer, or say it, unless they are mourning. Only in the case of Reform Judiasm have I seen the entire congregation stand. Here is is explained that we do it as a mourning of the whole community with the further reason (if for no other) that for those of the 6 Million who don't have anyone to say Kaddish for them, we do it. I have never, again in my experience, seen an Orthodox synagogue where everyone stands. I cannot speak for the Sephardi (having never been to one, yet).

Anyone else have thoughts?

Thanks,

Matt Mbeyers 20:52, 5 February 2007 (UTC)


 * Hi Matt, not sure which Orthodox synagogues you've attended, but I've been to quite a few (a wide variety of Ashkenaz and Sephard, from Modern Orthodox to Chassidic to German-style, to Bukkharian to Spanish-Portuguese, etc., across the USA, some in Europe, and a handful in Israel), and the normative Ashkenazic practice I've seen is for everyone to stand when kaddish is being recited, though there have been some mistaken rumors and confusion about this. -Maybe if someone was not feeling well or really tired or something it'd be different, but generally everyone stands.  This custom is older than the past few decades, and as such has nothing to do per se about national mourning for the Holocaust; it's out of respect for Kaddish's status as a "public prayer."  (During other "public" parts of the service, such as the chazzan's repetition of the amida or the torah reading, it is listed as preferable, though not required, for people to stand as well; in a Haredi synagogue, you're likely to see everyone standing; in a Modern Orthodox synagogue, it will probably be only the rabbi.  -And plenty of synagogues in between will have some standers and some sitters!  Thus, it's not surprising that the custom developed to go ahead and have everyone stand for Kaddish, which is pretty short.  (Furthermore, having to stand while everyone else sits can make a mourner feel both "in the spotlight" and isolated from everyone else, hardly a comfortable feeling.)
 * Meanwhile, every Sephardic service I've attended, however, has had only the mourners stand. Again, we're dealing entirely with custom, not law, when it comes to the sit/stand thing, but I've seen enough places that I'm fairly certain this description is normative.  Any other Ortho-involved Wikipedians want to comment on this?  TLMD13 10:18, 6 February 2007 (UTC)TLMD13


 * In my experience, the custom in Ashkenazic communities is to stand for kaddish. In some communities where there is a general laxity of observance, people often sit because they are tired or just lazy. (Of course, the disabled or infirm do not have to stand.) In Sephardic synagogues, it seems to me that the custom is to sit. However, it could be that this is just de facto practice, and the "true" custom is to stand - I don't know. I have noticed that they tend to sit for a much greater percentage of prayers than Ashkenazim do. --DLand TALK 14:28, 6 February 2007 (UTC)


 * I'm not sure that there is a set custom, at least for traditional/Orthodox communities. I've attended a number of Ashkenazic shuls in the US and Europe, and as far as I could tell there was never any expectation one way or the other - often about half the people would sit once their own prayers were completed, and the other half would remain standing through kaddish. It's no wonder that non-Orthodox visitors usually have no idea what's going on at any given time. ;) Daniel C/T+ 14:54, 6 February 2007 (UTC)


 * I've seen both, and I honestly prefer where everyone stands. At the synagouge I regularly attended (Ashkenazi Conservative) only the mouners stood (being Conservative, males and females said Kaddish), and as an 11 year old, I felt very much "in the spotlight" there.  When I went to a friend's congregation (Ashkenazi Reform) for her Bat Mitzvah, everyone stood for the mourner's kaddish, and it was much more comfortable.

As for being able to follow Orthodox services... I've discovered you can- if you read Hebrew fluently and very fast (Don't need to understand it, but you need to be able to follow it WELL), and know the basic set-up of a service. Oh, and can understand the leader's Hebrew. Okay, it's not that easy, especially if you're from one of the less traditional synagouges. Non-Jews don't stand a chance. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by RoseRose16 (talk • contribs) 06:20, 22 February 2007 (UTC).


 * Not all who sit during Kaddish simply "sit." At the point of saying "Amen, YeHay ShMay...," there are those who  "elevate" - meaning that they are not actually fully sitting, but neither are they standing. Dad7 (talk) 10:56, 18 January 2017 (UTC)

Terminology and timing
At least as a first cut, the above-named section is meant to help both as an anchor for redirects and to help in articles that include quotes. Pi314m (talk) 22:27, 7 February 2017 (UTC)

Leaving synagogue during yizkor
The statement "It is customary for those with both parents alive to leave the synagogue during the Yizkor service" is quite simple. Chabad uses it. . A more detailed four-part site has: "Though the Yizkor Service is brief, it is customary for all congregants other than those who will be saying Yizkor, to leave the synagogue while it is said."

Of course there is the sad situation of two parents who've lost a child and each has both parents alive.

The OU is more detailed but ends on "one should follow one’s own family minhag or the practice of one’s community." Pi314m (talk) 12:36, 9 February 2017 (UTC)

Tearing expensive clothing
Chabad makes the point that "one is permitted to change into less valuable clothing prior to the Kriah." .

No source is included as to why non-Orthodox use ribbons. The present article says "In practice, in order not unnecessarily to destroy expensive dress clothes, non-Orthodox Jews will often make the keriah in a small black ribbon that is pinned to the lapel rather than in the lapel per se."
 * Rather than leave what may simply need a source or may be OR:Original Research, it is better to simply state that the ribbon is used. Pi314m (talk) 13:02, 9 February 2017 (UTC)

paragraph seems irrelevant
In the "Burial" sections, the following paragraph seems irrelevant: Additionally, the Cave of the Patriarchs, the spiritual center of Hebron which was the first capital city of the Kingdom of Israel in the times of King David, is called Me'arat HaMakhpela (מערת המכפלה) in Hebrew: "The Cave of the 'double' caves or tombs", because (according to Jewish tradition) its hidden twin caves are  considered to be the burial place of four "pairs" of important Biblical couples: (1) Adam and Eve; (2) Abraham and Sarah; (3) Isaac and Rebekah; (4) Jacob and Leah.

If this is relevant to burial in Judaism, can someone who knows why please add some context. I'm not Jewish, so I was really confused as to why this was here, but didn't want to delete it. --Natalie 03:35, 17 July 2006 (UTC)


 * I'm not sure what's going on with that paragraph: The number one in their list is false; Jews do not consider it the burial place of Adam and Eve, biblically, it was purchased by Isaac to bury his father (Abraham). Perhaps someone was throwing it in as a famous/historic/noted/etc burial place?  Maybe, since there is no article on Jewish cemeteries?  It is important, though.  It is generally referred to in English as the cave of the Patriarchs (referring to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob; the Matriarchs are Sarah, Rebecca, Rachel and Leah).
 * Well, I don't know when, but it's gone now. --Thnidu (talk) 22:54, 25 August 2013 (UTC)


 * Rashi to Gen. 23:2 lists the four couples chronologically, starting with Adam and Eve. Biblically, it was purchased by Abraham to bury his wife Sarah. Rashi's point is that Adam and Eve were already buried within what Abraham bought from Ephron. Pi314m (talk) 20:35, 9 February 2017 (UTC)

Pallbearers
The word Pallbearer doesn't even appear. Chabad's http://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/281569/jewish/The-Processional-and-Burial.htm has this as their heading before "The Processional." For sure there's a need to look at other sources, but Pallbearer is important, especially due to mandatory-signing requirements at many cemeteries due to insurance reasons. Pi314m (talk) 21:15, 9 February 2017 (UTC)


 * Information about forming 2 rows after physical burial is also missing.
 * Since this section is only a handful of lines shorter than another section, which has FIVE subsections, I propose FOUR subsections:
 * Respectful timing
 * Handling the casket          .... which will accomodate re Pallbearers
 * Filling the grave
 * Taking leave                 .... which will accomodate re forming 2 rows etc.   Pi314m (talk) 23:32, 9 February 2017 (UTC)

Cremation
Um, here we go again, it's one thing to say that Judaism doesn't like cremation, but to say that a person loses their olam haba as a result ... does anyone have a source for that please? (There's a lot of superstition that's been put up here, IMHO.) Again, I can quote sources that burial helps serve as an additional atonement, but to say that cremation automatically disqualifies someone? It's not on the list in Sanhedrin 11:1. (And again, by this logic, all those who perished in the Holocaust ...) Unless someone provides a source or something soon, I'm going to change this: "Judaism strongly frowns upon cremation." Leave out the olam haba discussion. Does that sound reasonable? TLMD13 16:52, 3 October 2006 (UTC)TLMD13


 * Personally, I don't recall ever hearing that said about cremation. I have heard that the soul can still feel effects on the body after death (and that that is why decomposition provides atonement). I understood that this is one reason why Judaism frowns on cremation (and autopsies). The losing Olam Haba / "no repose" statement sounds vaguely kabbalistic... --Eliyak T · C 22:50, 3 October 2006 (UTC)


 * "The soul won't make it to olam haba and won't be redeemed", with a link to "Jewish Messiah"? Sounds awfully Christian to me.  Eliyak, you're welcome to change it back, but I'm going to modify this.  (I know that decomposition-providing-atonement is referenced in the Noda Bihuda's teshuva on corneal transplants.)  -The discussion in the Gemara about why burial is found in Sandhedrin, I can look up which daf if you like; first they try to prove it from the fact that all the tzadikim had burial, the Gemara says no, maybe that was just the norm of the time.  The proof is from 'ki kavor tikberenu' (end of the first aliyah of Ki Seitzei.)  I hope that's enough as far as citing sources.  TLMD13 13:25, 4 October 2006 (UTC)TLMD13.

On a simpler note, it would make sense to merge the section on the Holocaust into the section on cremation. I almost edited the section on cremation to refer to the Holocaust until I found the seperate section on the Holocaust at the end. --Gglockner 19:52, 5 January 2007 (UTC)

The little chapter way at the bottom about the Holocaust in relation to cremation seems like an opinion rather than a fact. In addition, and this is far more important, it says that 'thousands' of jews were cremated in the camps. Millions of jews were cremated, as is the info one can even find in specific wiki entries about the holocaust and the concentration and extermination camps.


 * I agree - it seems out of place as a section in a page on bereavement, since it seems to be justifying the cremation "prohibition". Additionally, and please forgive me for making this horrific point, the wording of "...dispose of the bodies of..." implies "dispose of the [dead] bodies of...", which is (horrifically) not completely correct. AlanM1 (talk) 02:30, 25 September 2010 (UTC)


 * Putting quote marks on "prohibition" is a statement. To answer the editor who justifiably asked for sources regarding cremation in Jewish law- Yesodei Smachos, available in English, is packed with references. The edition revised in 1978, p. 38, (Chapter 4, section 8) item 3, ends "may not be cremated even if this was demanded by the deceased before death." The sentence points to Chapter footnote 204, which cites Gesher HaChaim, 28:9. Gesher HaChaim is described in a talk page I found courtesy of Google as "the classic halachic work on the laws of mourning." As for "historically forbade" that makes it seem like it no longer is forbidden.
 * With sources, the correct word (and Google can find Conservative sources too) is FORBIDS. Thenqu (talk) 06:08, 21 June 2017 (UTC)

List of cremated in England
Jews were cremated against their will in the Holocaust. Jews willfully cremated in England are listed in Golders Green Crematorium. There is no need to list 8 of them in the last sentence of "Jewish view of cremation." Thenqu (talk) 05:01, 4 April 2017 (UTC)

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Burial as soon as possible
This section in the article contains the following text

''This traditional practice may have originated from the fact that Israel was, and is, a country with a hot climate. In Biblical times, there were few ways of keeping the dead body from decomposing. Not only would this be generally undesirable, but allowing the dead body of any person to decompose would be showing that person great disrespect. Thus, it became customary to bury the body as soon as possible.[6]''

This is pure speculation with not one reference cited to back it up. The pretended reference [6] is not a reference to support this point, and in fact is not relevant to the point at all. In other words, its just home cooked rationalization, it doesn't belong in this work.

The paragraph in total is unnecessary and unsupported and probably offends as well. Lets get rid of it. DrKN1 (talk) 02:48, 4 December 2016 (UTC)


 * I agree, . It should be removed. Bus stop (talk) 03:15, 4 December 2016 (UTC)


 * Agreed. Remove. Steal the Kosher Bacon (talk) 15:36, 8 December 2016 (UTC)


 * Some have as a source a statement from the morning daily prayers: (right after Ashrei, 2nd sentence, (תצא רוחו) "When his spirit departs, he returns to his earth on that day, his plans all perish." Rather than just take away the above unsupported statement, per above agreement to remove,  I'll add the preceding statement. Pi314m (talk) 18:43, 8 February 2017 (UTC)
 * Doing this as 2 steps, deletion per above, addition of citation from daily prayer book as a second step. Pi314m (talk) 04:09, 9 February 2017 (UTC)


 * That's less offensive perhaps, but it is still not correct. The source is brought in Sanhedrin 47a as Devarim 21:22 and applies it to all deceased except as specified there. The paragraph preceding this cites the correct source, and so this paragraph is both not correct and superfluous. I apologize for not replying sooner, I just now saw the response in the discussion page.DrKN1 (talk) 02:37, 19 October 2017 (UTC)


 * same "BaYom HaHu" (phrase) - thanks, 21:23 is a better source Pi314m (talk) 04:06, 31 October 2017 (UTC)

Request Edit - CC-BY English Text
Sefaria has an English translation of the text of Yizkor, presented in parallel to the original.

The text was published by Metsudah Publications and released into the commons with a CC-BY license in exchange for Sefaria compensating the publisher.

I believe that a link to this would fall under section 2 of WP:ELYES.

I have a COI (I work for Sefaria). My team has discussed it on WikiProject:Judaism and it has been adjudicated and resolved favorably at COIN#Sefaria_requested_edits.

Links should be to | Yizkor English Translation

ChavaErica (talk) 21:08, 5 August 2019 (UTC)

Reply 5-AUG-2019
Spintendo 23:13, 5 August 2019 (UTC)
 * Thank you! ChavaErica (talk) 14:43, 6 August 2019 (UTC)