‘Every Person Is a World’: How the Martyrs of Israel Are Laid to Rest
Jewish law holds that, having perished for the sanctification of God’s name, they are buried in the clothes they died in so as to ‘awaken the heavens.’
Burial of the dead is a meticulous process in the Jewish tradition. Bodies are thoroughly cleaned, groomed, and nails are cut. Then, in a ritual known as “tahara,” or “purification,” the body is immersed in a pool of cold water known as a mikvah.
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