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Misaskim (Hebrew: מתעסקים) [2] [1] is an American Orthodox Jewish not-for-profit organization that provides services for the care of the dead and the needs and conveniences of mourners in accordance to Jewish law and custom. Misaskim provides moral support and bereavement assistance to individuals or families, while safeguarding the ...
Once the body is shrouded, the casket is closed. For burial in Israel, however, a casket is not used in most cemeteries. The society may also provide shomrim, or watchers, to guard the body from theft, vermin, or desecration until burial. In some communities this is done by people close to the departed or by paid shomrim hired by the funeral ...
Tachrichim. Tachrichim (Hebrew: תכריכים) are traditional simple white burial furnishings, usually made from 100% pure linen, in which the bodies of deceased Jews are dressed by the Chevra Kadisha, or other burial group, for interment after undergoing a taharah (ritual purification).
This is a list of Jewish communities in the North America, including yeshivas, Hebrew schools, Jewish day schools and synagogues. A yeshiva (Hebrew: ישיבה) is a center for the study of Torah and the Talmud in Orthodox Judaism. A yeshiva usually is led by a rabbi with the title "Rosh Yeshiva" (Head of the Yeshiva).
'The Tree of Life') is a Sephardic Orthodox synagogue located on Denison Street in Highland Park, New Jersey, in the United States. The congregation is a member of the American Sephardi Federation , [ 1 ] the Sephardic Jewish Brotherhood of America ( La Ermandad Sefaradi ) [ 2 ] and the Raritan Valley Orthodox Jewish Community Organization ...
Congregation Knesseth Israel, also known as the Ellington Shul, is a Modern Orthodox Jewish congregation and synagogue located at 236 Pinney Street in Ellington, Connecticut, in the United States. The congregation was founded in 1906 by a group of Yiddish-speaking Jewish farmers from Russia and Eastern Europe. [ 2 ]
The Hebrew Institute of Riverdale, commonly called The Bayit, is an Open Orthodox Jewish congregation and synagogue at 3700 Henry Hudson Parkway in the Riverdale neighborhood of the Bronx in New York City, New York, United States. The congregation's founding dates from 1924 and was led by Rabbi Avi Weiss from 1973 to 2015.
As of 2010, the security and personal escort service is free of charge, financed by the Ministry of Housing. [14] Till today, burial plots and tombs remain in a state of neglect. The plots of the graves suffer from vandalism , including the desecration of gravestones [ 15 ] and the destruction of graves. [ 16 ]