When contacting a mortuary kindly tell them that you would like the Chevra Kadisha Package it will be the cheapest price with a Taharah Done by our team and a Kosher Casket.

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Practices Avoided or Prohibited in Jewish Tradition:

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1. Cremation – Forbidden. The body must be returned to the earth whole, as it came from the earth.

2. Embalming – Generally not allowed. Desecrates the holy body.

3. Autopsies – Forbidden unless legally required or can directly save a specific life.

4. Organ Donation – Only permitted under strict guidance (usually when the donor is unquestionably dead and a specific life can be saved).

5. Delayed Burial – We bury the deceased as soon as possible (ideally within 24 hours), unless delay is needed for honor (e.g. family travel or to honor the deceased).

6. Viewing the Body – Not practiced. 

7. Flowers – Not a Jewish custom. Charity and Torah study are far more appropriate forms of honor.

8. Decorations or Statues – Not our way. We keep tombstones simple, respectful, and modest.

9. Jewelry, Makeup or Fancy Clothing on the Deceased – The decesed is dressed in simple shrouds (white shrouds) to emphasize equality in death.

10. Tomb Inscriptions in Excessive Praise – Avoided. Simplicity and truthfulness are key.

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What is the Jewish way:

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• Tahara Washing – Ritual purification by the Chevra Kadisha.

• Shrouds – Plain white burial garments, signifying purity and equality.

• Wooden Casket – A simple casket, ideally with no metal, to allow natural return to the earth.

• Burial in Earth – Fulfills “"For you are dust, and to dust you shall return." Genesis 3:19

• Shmira – Watching over the body until burial with prayers.

• Kaddish, Mishnayos, and Charity – True ways to elevate the soul.

• Yahrtzeit, Yizkor, and Unveiling – Commemorations rooted in Jewish tradition.