Who has the rights to a burial plot?
In California, the owner and also the owner’s spouse each have a vested right of interment if when they were married there were at least two available internment spaces. The same rule applies to any subsequent spouses.
Can more than one person be buried in a grave?
Up to 6 people can be buried in a grave. Common options are two for married couples, and more for family graves. Wall vaults contain multiple people, and mausoleums can have multiple families in them.
What does it mean if you keep finding pennies?
It represents new beginnings, the start of a new chapter and a fresh start. It all depends on what you believe, of course. So, the next time you see a penny from Heaven in the course of your next stroll, be sure to pick it up. It may or may not bring you luck but, hopefully, it will bring a smile to your face.
What does leaving a rock on a grave mean?
1 Thus, mourners might have originally placed stones on the graves of loved ones in order to prevent souls from leaving their burial spots. Placing pebbles and rocks on Jewish graves might have prevented evil spirits and demons from entering burial sites and taking possession of human souls, according to superstition.
Why do Jews cover their kitchen in foil?
The tradition of covering kitchen surfaces with foil during the Passover, or Pesach, all has to do with ensuring the surfaces upon which food is prepared during the Passover week are free of chametz. Chametz refers to foods with leavening agents, which are forbidden during Pesach.
What can you not say at a shiva house?
For the greater good of future mourners, I offer these examples of what not to say during shiva:
- “How are you?”
- “You look tired.”
- “Did you know, I have a kind of cancer that’s really similar to what your mom had?”
- “We just went through something similar.”
- “The husbands should all be rewarded for missing the Super Bowl.”
Does cremation destroy the soul?
Cremation is absolutely forbidden, causes the soul great pain and bars it from reincarnation.