Book of Life. Laws, Rites, Rituals, Customs, Ceremonies concerning Dying and Dead, Usages of Mourning, Prayers. - E-book - ePub

Any  inexperienced  person  to  whose  lot  has fallen  the  mournful  task  of  supervising  the  depositing  of the  remains  of  a  near  relative  in  their  final  resting  place, must  have  felt  the  want  of  a  book  containing  the  necessary instructions  and  directions  for  such  occasions. CONTENTS: LAWS. - Laws  concerning  the  Dying. - Laws  concerning  the  Bending  of  Garments,  etc.
- Laws  concerning  the  interval  between  death  and interment. - Laws  concerning  the   Washing  and  Shrouding. - Laws  concerning   Women  dying  in  Child-bed. - Laws  concerning  persons  killed  by  accident,  etc.;  likewise concerning  disinterment. - Laws  concerning  the  Shrouds  and  Coffin. - Laws  concerning  the  chamber  where  the  corpse  lies. - Laws  concerning  the  conveying  of  the  dead  to  the burying-ground,  etc.
- Laws  concerning  Mourning,  its  beginning,  its  observation  during  the  Shivah,  Sh'loshim  etc. ORDER   OF   PRAYERS.  - Prayer  for  persons  conscious  of  approaching  death.