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  2. Matthew 8:22 - Wikipedia

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    Jerome: "But if the dead shall bury the dead, we ought not to be careful for the dead but for the living, lest while we are anxious for the dead, we ourselves should be counted dead." [4] Gregory the Great: "The dead also bury the dead, when sinners protect sinners. They who exalt sinners with their praises, hide the dead under a pile of words ...

  3. A Psalm of Life - Wikipedia

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    Longfellow wrote the poem shortly after completing lectures on German writer Johann Wolfgang von Goethe and was heavily inspired by him. He was also inspired to write it by a heartfelt conversation he had with friend and fellow professor at Harvard University Cornelius Conway Felton; the two had spent an evening "talking of matters, which lie near one's soul:–and how to bear one's self ...

  4. Honorifics for the dead in Judaism - Wikipedia

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    The Hebrew version is alav ha-shalom (m.) / aleha ha-shalom (f.) (Hebrew: עליו השלום ‎ (m.) / עליה השלום ‎ (f.)). It is abbreviated in English as A"H. The Hebrew abbreviation is ע״ה ‎. This phrase is the same as the Islamic honorific peace be upon him (which is used for all prophets of Islam).

  5. El Malei Rachamim - Wikipedia

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    El Malei Rachamim" (Hebrew: אֵל מָלֵא רַחֲמִים, lit., "God full of Mercy", or "Merciful God") is a Jewish prayer for the soul of a person who has died, usually recited at the graveside during the burial service and at memorial services during the year.

  6. Lech-Lecha - Wikipedia

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    God comforted mourners—for Genesis 25:11 says, "And it came to pass after the death of Abraham, that God blessed Isaac his son"—so should we also comfort mourners. God buried the dead—for Deuteronomy 34:6 says, "And He buried him in the valley"—so should we also bury the dead. [168]

  7. Prohibition of Kohen defilement by the dead - Wikipedia

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    A Kohen is forbidden to enter any house or enclosure ("ohel", tent) in which a dead body (or part thereof), may be found (Leviticus 10:6, Leviticus 21:1–5, Ezekiel 44:20, Ezekiel 44:25). Practical examples of these prohibitions include: not entering a cemetery or attending a funeral ; not being under the same roof (i.e. in a home or hospital ...

  8. De mortuis nil nisi bonum - Wikipedia

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    The full Latin sentence is usually abbreviated into the phrase (De) Mortuis nihil nisi bonum, "Of the dead, [say] nothing but good."; whereas free translations from the Latin function as the English aphorisms: "Speak no ill of the dead," "Of the dead, speak no evil," and "Do not speak ill of the dead."

  9. Psalm 79 - Wikipedia

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    Psalm 79 is the 79th psalm of the Book of Psalms, beginning in English in the King James Version: "O God, the heathen are come into thine inheritance".In the slightly different numbering system used in the Greek Septuagint and Latin Vulgate translations of the Bible, this psalm is Psalm 78.