He Was Buried
In Judaism, families bury their dead with their own hands. At the cemetery, once the wooden casket is laid in the grave, each member of the family takes a shovel, and throws a spadeful of earth down onto the lowered coffin. I experienced this at the funeral of my Jewish grandfather. When it came time [...]
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