Or the Jewish collar that was worn in Europe until the 19th century and disappeared, but it still exists in the shroud." The collection of burial shrouds can teach us about the culture, tradition ...

A Catholic reader from Boca Raton asks the South Florida Sun Sentinel's Lois Solomon about Jewish burial rites, wondering why the body of her late friend was wrapped in a white shroud and placed ...

If you’ve ever been to a Jewish funeral, ... Very traditional groups, such as Hasidic Jews, may forego the box entirely, and bury the body in a white shroud, or in a large prayer shawl.

Many religions call for bodies to be buried in a simple shroud, the Jewish faith, for example ... your body decomposes naturally and returns to the Earth. The green burial shroud around you uses ...

Jewish burial amid tragedy: ... and dressing it in white shrouds. This is followed by shomer (Guard), which means that from the time of death until the burial, the body is not left unattended.

Are Jewish burials the same as a natural burial? They are very similar. Jewish custom calls for a body to be buried with no embalming chemicals, wrapped in a shroud and placed in a plain wooden ...

First of all, all the blood marks that we see on the shroud are absolutely consistent with what John states about Jesus’ torture, crucifixion, death and Jewish burial.