Rosh Chodesh
Epstein, Jeremy
Rosh Chodesh In ancient times, the Jews watched the night skies for the moon's first reemerging sliver, then ran to the Sanhedrin to testify that the moon was indeed reappearing. Once two...
...Rosh Chodesh In ancient times, the Jews watched the night skies for the moon's first reemerging sliver, then ran to the Sanhedrin to testify that the moon was indeed reappearing...
...Those who have not been found too unworthy to enter this exalted state will live again to enjoy it...
...At religious tolerance.org/crematio.htm, you will find Biblical quotes related to cremation and at refsyn.org.uk/rsgb-artman /publish/article_37.shtml, guidance about how to be interred in a Jewish cemetery if you do decide to go ahead with cremation.—Jeremy Epstein...
...According to a midrash, the holiday was "given to the women" after they refused to participate in building the Golden Calf...
...In North Africa, they held gold coins in candle flames...
...Perhaps the most useful feature is the "Ask your questions about a Jewish burial" link...
...Today, some women—and men—continue to say the mussaf prayer on Rosh ^ ^ ^ B * Chodesh...
...Why are mourners supposed to say it...
...Also, what about cremation...
...Previously, Jews felt they needed to be buried with all their organs...
...In short, the possibility of renewed life, sets the tone for any discussion of death in Judaism...
...It's no longer necessary to watch the skies, thanks to Rabbi Hillel, who created a calendar that marked every new moon until the year 6000, after which he believed that there would be no need: The Messiah would come...
...For an overview of some of the major issues surrounding death, such as caring for the body, how to behave during the mourning process, and the requirements for the tombstone, visit jewfaq.org/death.htm...
...Holli Mintzer "Those who are born are destined to die, and those who died are destined to live," according to Pirkei Avot (Ethics of the Fathers, 4:22...
...Maimmonides says it this way: There are 13 principles of faith for a Jew...
...And as for Kaddish, why do you recite it for 11 months...
...Why do you leave a stone at a graveside to indicate you have visited...
...For an introduction, jewish.com/askarabbiAifecycle_Events/Death/Crema o'on/ answers basic questions...
...Cremation remains more troublesome...
...Now, in a site sponsored by the Jewish Funeral Practices Committee of Greater Washington (jewish-funerals.org/donation.htm) which spans denominations in order to give a wide perspective, one author (an Orthodox halachic expert) thinks that organ donation will become a routine part of the Jewish death process...
...This raises a few questions...
...Are you possibly short-changing yourself in the long-term...
...In another, they read the Torah and relate the texts to personal experiences...
...The last one is: The dead will live again in the messianic era, when the world will attain a new spiritual and physical level of perfection...
...To get in the proper frame of mind for thinking about death and burial in addition to some of the practical aspects, look at ujc.org/content_display.html?ArticlelD= 1598...
...Turn to shemayisrael.co.il/burial/index.htm to learn about the basics from the mourner's perspective or for insight into how you should behave at a funeral or comfort a mourner...
...In one modern ceremony, women invite the matriarchs—Sarah, Rebecca, Rachel and Leah—to enter their circle...
...Rosh Chodesh, around which the Jewish calendar was fashioned, merited more sacrifices than Shabbat—which required just two sheep—and more than Roshashanah and Yom Kippur, for which seven sheep, one bull and one ram were sacrificed...
...Daniel (12:2) says: And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to reproaches and everlasting abhorrence...
...What about the Hebrew letters Taf-Nun-Tzad'hBet-Heti...
...Medieval Jewish women observed their holiday in colorful ways...
...Organ donation has come a long way towards acceptance in Jewish thinking...
...Meanwhile, women's groups are reviving old Rosh Chodesh rituals and inventing new ones...
...How can an autopsy be conducted according to Jewish tradition...
...If you're going to awake again, won't you need your organs...
...First, what about organ donation...
...In Europe, they gave money to charity, held feasts, and even amused themselves by gambling...
...For example, what do the letters Pen-Nun at the beginning of a traditional inscription mean...
...What about spreading the ashes...
...The Rosh Chodesh sacrifice was known as the mussaf, which means additional...
...Autopsy is one of the ways with which modernity confronts traditional Judaism...
...For example, can urns with ashes be buried in Jewish cemeteries...
...Once two witnesses established that it was true, the people gathered at the Temple to sacrifice seven sheep, two bulls and one ram...
...Rosh Chodesh holds particular significance for women...
Vol. 29 • August 2004 • No. 4
