Q.1
If a deceased Jewish person has a tattoo ....
  • they cannot be buried in a Jewish cemetery
  • a rabbi cannot officiate at the burial
  • the tattoo is removed before burial
  • the burial goes ahead
Q.2
The remembrance for a deceased person takes the form of ....
  • visiting the graveside once a year to tend the plot
  • saying dedicated prayers on each normal secular year anniversary of the death
  • saying dedicated prayers on each Jewish year anniversary of the death
  • entering an anniversary seven day period of mourning in the primary family residence
Q.3
Following the burial service ....
  • there is a second service to erect a gravestone
  • there is the equivalent of a “wake” where the family invite those who attended the burial back to their house for a meal
  • those in attendance provide the mourners with food
  • the mourners return to the synagogue for a special service of remembrance
Q.4
When visiting a grave, a Jewish person will ....
  • leave a stone on the grave
  • leave flowers by the grave
  • leave a small personal item so as to identify the visitor to the deceased
  • face East and bow gently three times
Q.5
After returning from the cemetery ....
  • a candle is lit
  • a special unveiling ceremony of a photograph of the deceased takes place in the family’s principal home
  • the family of the deceased return to the synagogue for prayers
  • the immediate family of the deceased return to their normal daily routine
Q.6
When a Jewish person dies ....
  • the body is left alone and a rabbi called
  • a ritual ‘meal’, such as a piece of fruit and a glass of water is placed at the side of the body
  • the body is embalmed
  • the body is covered
Q.7
Some Jewish families enter a seven day period of mourning, similar to that for the deceased if ....
  • a family pet dies
  • a family member leaves Judaism for another faith
  • Jews abroad are killed in an atrocity or act of terrorism
  • the President of Israel dies
Q.8
In Jewish tradition, the face of the deceased at a burial is ....
  • covered
  • covered except for the eyes
  • covered except for the mouth
  • completely uncovered
Q.9
Immediately following the lowering of the coffin into the grave, it is usual for ....
  • those assembled to recite a special prayer of the week
  • immediate family members to shovel earth onto the coffin
  • friends to shake hands with family members of the deceased
  • immediate family members to be left by the graveside while others walk away
Q.10
When a Jewish person dies, they are buried ....
  • the following day
  • exactly a week to the day of death
  • on the first Sabbath after the death
  • they are not buried, they are cremated
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