Timeline for Can a gentile pronounce a blessing for a Jew? Are there songs I can sing that will bring peace?
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| Mar 7, 2019 at 2:49 | comment | added | Chaplain Mark | Thank you so much for this help. Everyone here has been so wonderful! May you be richly blessed! | |
| Mar 6, 2019 at 21:11 | comment | added | Heshy | This probably depends on the individual, but if somebody needs a transliteration, Psalms 23 and 91 might be more meaningful to them in English. | |
| Mar 6, 2019 at 17:51 | history | edited | mbloch | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Mar 6, 2019 at 17:48 | comment | added | mbloch | ... Not leaving the deceased alone is a different case, SA YD 339:4 speaks of not leaving the dying person alone, i.e., it pains the soul to leave alone. If the choice is between a non-Jew and alone, I think it means that a non-Jew is preferable. Of course, all further proceedings should be in the hands of the hevra kadisha as much as feasible. Nearly worth a question on its own, other sources might surface | |
| Mar 6, 2019 at 17:48 | comment | added | mbloch | I do not believe so. The SA (YD 344:12) takes as a given "lamenters" are Jews. Also this Hevra Kadisha handbook (under membership) mentions only Jews. But I did not suggest the chaplain should take on these roles.... | |
| Mar 6, 2019 at 17:01 | comment | added | DanF | It's been a while since I read Lamm's book. Is a Gentile allowed to be a shomer? As an extension, may a Gentile perform any aspect that the chevra Kadisha does such as washing the body, etc. | |
| Mar 6, 2019 at 16:54 | history | answered | mbloch | CC BY-SA 4.0 |