Prayers to be Said at Funerals and Visiting …

1 Prayers to be Said at Funerals andVisiting gravesites of Beloved OnesCHEVRA KADISHA MORTUARYMONUMENTS CEMETERIES CASKETSIn the Finest Jewish / He swallow up death forever;May Hashem (G-d) wipe away tears from every face.(Isaiah 25:8)Please treat this prayer booklet with may keep this booklet for your own use orplease return to funeral director after the to Cemeteries (From Los Angeles)CHEVRA KADISHA CEMETERIES (323) 654-8415 CEMETERY HOURS: SUNDAY FRIDAY 10 AM 3 PMAGUDATH ACHIM 1022 South Downey Road, East Los Angeles, 90023 Take the 101 South, to the 5 South, to the 60 freeway East (or the 10 East to the 60).Exit at Downey Rd. Turn right onto Downey Rd. Stay on Downey Rd for a long block and a is on your ISRAEL 1068 South Downey Road, East Los Angeles, 90023 Take the 101 South, to the 5 South, to the 60 freeway East (or the 10 East to the 60).Exit at Downey Rd. Turn right onto Downey Rd. Stay on Downey Rd for a long block and a is on your CARMEL 6501 East Gage City of Commerce, 90040 Take the 101 South (or the 10 East) to the 5 South freeway.

2 Exit at Garfield (on the ramp exit,stay to the right.) At Garfield Bl. turn left, the third traffic light will be Gage, make a left turn at is on your ISRAEL 13622 Curtis & King Rd. Norwalk, 90650 Take the 101 South to 5 South to 605 South. Exit on Rosecrans (keep right at the fork in the ramp)You will be on Flatbush Ave. Turn left onto Leffingwell. Make a right onto Domart, stay on Domartfor two blocks, make a left to Briar Street, stay on Briar for one short block. Cemetery is on your MEMORIAL PARK 11500 Sepulveda Blvd., Mission Hills, 91345 (323) 877-5529 (818) 361-7161 Take the 101 North to 405 Freeway North. Exit at Rinaldi and make a left at intersection to MEMORIAL PARK 6001 Centinela Ave. Los Angeles, 90045 (800) 576-1994 (310) 641-0707Go south on La Cienega Bl. Turn right to La Tijera, right again at Centinela. Ccemetery is on your FOREVER - BETH OLAM 6000 Santa Monica Blvd. Los Angeles, 90038 (323) 469-2322On Santa Monica Blvd.

3 Between Gower and Van OF PEACE MEMORIAL PARK 4334 Whittier Blvd. East 90023 (323) 261-6135 Take 101 South, to the 5 South, to the 60 freeway. (Or 10 East to the 60) Exit Downey Rd. Stay onDowney Rd. for one long block. Left onto Whittier. Cemetery is on the OLIVE CHABAD CEMETERY 7231 East Slauson Ave. Commerce, 90040 (310) 208-7511 Take the 101 South (or the 10 East) to the 5 South, Exit at Garfield, (on the ramp exit stay to your right) AtGarfield Bl. Turn left. Make a left onto Slauson. Cemetery is in the middle of the block on your SINAI MEMORIAL PARK 5950 Forest Lawn Drive. 90068 (323) 469-6000Go North on Highland to Cahuenga (or 101 North) to Barham. Turn right onto Barham. Stay on Barhamuntil Forest Lawn Dr. Turn right. Stay on Forest Lawn Dr. for miles. Cemetery is on your SINAI SIMI VALLEY 6150 Mount Sinai Dr. Simi Valley, 93063 (800) 600-0076 Take the 5;170 or the 405 freeway North to the 118 freeway west.

4 Exit Yosemite Ave. Turn right onto Dr. Cemetery is on your MEMORIAL PARK 13107 North Lopez Canyon Road Sylmar, CA 91342 (818) 899-5216Go North into the San Fernando Valley on the 5;170 or the 405 freeways. Take the 118 Freeway east. Exitat Glenoaks Blvd. Turn left at bottom of ramp. You are on Paxton, stay on Paxton to the end. Turn left ontoLopez Canyon, continue miles up the canyon. Cemetery is on your of ContentsDirections to to a Jewish 23 - Mizmor L 91 - Yoshev B 16 - Michtom L Moleh s s and Burial Kaddish - HaEmes and Kri Chayil - A Woman of Chayil in Most Frequently is a Jewish funeral ?..19 Hamakom Yinacheim - Comforting the Cover3 Outline to a Jewish FuneralPortions extracted with permission from the Jewish Way in Death and Mourning by RabbiMaurice Lamm - Jonathan David PublishersThe funeral ServiceThe funeral service is a brief and simple service designed primarilyfor the honor and dignity of the deceased.

5 The worthy values he lived by,the good deeds he performed, and the noble aspects of his character areeulogized. The function of the eulogy by highlighting the good and thebeautiful in the life of the departed it affords and implicit consolation forthe is also great psychological benefit from the funeral serviceitself, although this too, is not its primary purpose. It enables many friendsand relatives to participate in the situation of bereavement and, thus,relieve the terrible loneliness of the mourners. In addition, since it not onlypraises the deceased, but also confronts all who attend with the terriblefact of their own mortality, it impels them to consider their days, to takestock and live their lives service consists of a selection from the Psalms appropriate tothe life of the deceased, a panegyric of his finer qualities which hissurvivors should seek to implant in their own lives, and a Memorial Prayerasking that God shelter his soul on the wings of His Divine presence.

6 The BurialThe sacred principle of the Jewish burial law which establishes thatthe deceased be buried in the earth, requires lowering the casket to thebottom of the grave. Leaving the casket at ground level during the service,in the company of the entourage, and then, without completing theinterment, to turn one s back on the unburied casket and return home, is adistinct affront to the grave must be filled at this time. At the very minimum, thecasket must be fully covered with earth to take on the form of a that, the laborers may assist in filling the grave if the others cannotperform this ,the process of mourning, begins immediately after thedeceased is interred and the casket is completely covered with earth. Themourners walk between the parallel lines of friends and relatives and areformally comforted by them. They then proceed directly to the home whereshivais to be observed.

7 There, the observances commence as soon as themourners demonstrate formal acceptance of mourning by removing theirshoes and sitting on a low bench or who do not accompany the deceased to the cemeterybegin theiravelus at the approximate time of day of burial is counted as the first day of Shiva and the periodends on the morning of the seventh Reading :Ed a X g Y e Wrep ` o A .Ed r c Y e m c ` d n 'd:x Drer l v M ei n i .d n C l a d l m c `:W a i e l Oren i a x r l .s l g e ui v i x ZrA A:d n k g a a l `i a p e .r Fred o M Epi n i zrep n l:mrel W Wi ` l zi x g ` i M x W i d ` xE m Y x n WHASHEM, what is man that You recognize him? The son of a frail human thatYou reckon with him?Man, is like a breath, his days are like a passing the morning it blossoms and is rejuvenated, by evening it is cut down to the count of our days, so may You teach us; then we shall acquirea heart of the perfect and watch the upright for the destiny of that man G-d will redeem my soul from the grip of the Lower World, for he will takeme, Selah!

8 My flesh and my heart yearn rock of my heart, and my portion is G-d, the dust returns to the ground as it was, and the spirit returns to G-d whogave it. In the rising of the sun and in its going down, we remember them;In the blowing of the wind and in the chill of the winter, we remember them;In the opening of buds and in the rebirth of spring, we remember them;In the rustling of leaves and in the beauty of autumn, we remember them;In the beginning of the year and when it ends, we remember them;When we are weary and in need of strength, we remember them;When we are lost and sick at heart, we remember them;When we have joys we yearn to share, we remember long as we live, they too shall live, for they are now a part of us as weremember them. To everything there is a time:A time to be born and a time to die;A time to plant and a time to pluck up that which is planted;A time to weep and a time to laugh;A time to mourn and a time to dance.

9 A time to embrace and a time to refrain from embracing;A time to lose and a time to seek;A time to rend and a time to sew;A time to keep silent and a time to 35b"k mildzPsalm 23 - Mizmor L Dovid :x q g ` `rl i Urx 'd ,c e c l xFn f n:i p l d p i zFg p n i n l r ,i p vi A x i ` W C zF` p A:Fn W o r n l w c v i l B r n a i p g p i ,a aFW i i W t p,i c O r d Y ` i M ,r x ` xi ` `rl ,z e n l v `i b A K l ` i M m B,i x [rv c b p o g l W i p t l Krx r Y :i p n g p i d O d L Y p r W nE L h a W:d i e x i qFM ,i W`rx o n X a Y p X C:mi n i K x r` l 'd zi a A i Y a W e ,i I g i n i l M i pE t C x i c q g e aFh K `The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not makes me to lie down in green pastures;He leads me beside the still restores my soul;He guides me in straight paths for His Name s , though I walk through the valley of the shadow ofdeath, I will fear no evil, for You are with me;Your rod and Your staff, they comfort prepare a table before me in the presence of myenemies;You have anointed my head with oil, my cup runneth goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days ofmy life.]

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