This is a complete Jewish cemetery/funeral package, with chapel or synagogue service.
Included are the following:
Transfer of the deceased to funeral home
Services of a licensed funeral director
Use of the chapel at Beaches Memorial Park or your synagogue for the funeral service.
Tahara -- ritual washing, purifying, and dressing the body, performed by the Chevra Kadisha (Jewish Sacred Society), a volunteer religious-service group. Members also recite prayers asking G-d to grant the deceased eternal rest.
Tachrichim -- white, pocketless, hand-sewn, pure linen burial shrouds
Kosher, wood casket
Transportation of deceased to the cemetery
Yohrzeit announcements and shiva candle
Memorial register book
Siddurim (prayer books) & kippot
Standard acknowledgment cards
Space (In the Star of David Garden)
Vault (with appropriate holes so as to maintain contact with the earth)
Opening and Closing
Within 24 Hours
There are optional fees that you may select:
Newspaper death notices.
A shomer to stay with the body and recite Psalms until burial.
A limousine, if desired, is $285.
Cemetery Opening and Closing costs are higher for Sunday or holiday funerals.
