Are Jewish people buried in an upright position?

Question

I was told that instead of caskets they are wraped in a sheet like cloth and are placed in a standing position.

Answer 1

I don't know about Jewish.

I do know this. 1 of my Co's, is in this business. I received a News Letter from the Dept. Of Human Services. about 5 months ago.
By the year 2010, They plan to have it where in the U.S.A., it will become a Federal Law, that everyone will be buried in the upright position, or, stack them 6 deep. The 6 deep ( not 6 foot deep)..(6 persons deep), is going to be a problem for people wanting to be buried next to each other, when they die at different times.
The U.S.A. is running out of burial space. In the Federal cemeteries, they have been burying some this way already for the last 4 years.

Just something you might want to consider in the future.

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Answer 2

People Buried Standing Up

Answer 3

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Are Jewish people buried in an upright position?
I was told that instead of caskets they are wraped in a sheet like cloth and are placed in a standing position.

Answer 4

In preparing a body for burial, the Jews would place it on a stone table in the burial chamber. The body would first be washed with warm water.

It was the custom, as verified in the New Testament, to prepare the corpse (after cleansing) with various types of aromatic spices.

In the case of Christ's burial, 75 pounds of spices were used. One might regard this as substantial, but it was no great amount for a leader. For example, Gamaliel, grandson of the distinguished Jewish scholar Hillel, also was a contemporary of Jesus. Saul of Tarsus studied under him. When Gamaliel died, 86 pounds of spices were used in his burial. Josephus, the Jewish historian, records that when Herod died, it required 500 servants to carry the spices for his body, So the 75 pounds for Jesus was not at all unusual.

After all the members of the body were straightened, the corpse was clothed in grave vestments made out of white linen. There could not be the slightest ornamentation or stain on the cloth. The grave linens were sewn together by women. No knots were permitted. For some this was to indicate that the mind of the dead was "disentangled of the cares of this life". To others, it indicated the continuity of the soul through eternity. No individual could be buried in fewer than three separate garments.

At this point, the aromatic spices, composed of a fragrant wood powdered into a dust known as aloes, were mixed with a gummy substance known as myrrh. Starting at the feet, they would wrap to the armpits, put the arms down, then wrap to the neck. A separate piece was wrapped around the head. I would estimate an encasement weighing a total of between 92 and 95 pounds.

John Chrysostom, in the fourth century A.D., commented that "the myrrh used was a drug which adheres so closely to the body that the graveclothes could not easily be removed."

Answer 5

Absolutely not. To be buried in a Jewish cementary they cannot have any tattoos or body markings. They are buried in the ground to return to the Earth. Traditionally, the children or family take part in burial process.

Answer 6

wow, why are some people so offended by that? what's wrong with being buried upright? that'd be sort of cool. and no matter which direction you're still buried

Answer 7

The traditional Jewish burial does not include a casket, but it is accepted today in most of the Jewish communities. We do wrap our deceaseds with "tachrichim" (linen cloths), but we bury them horizontally.

Answer 8

I had this same misconception until I just read elsewhere about five minutes ago, that Jews carry the body/casket feet first to the burial site. Now that makes sense and why the mix up.

Answer 9

No. We are wrapped in a sheet like cloth called a Tallit in Hebrew. In Israel and very few people elsewhere have the bottom of the coffin removed for when Messiah comes.

Answer 10

I was told that Christians are wrapped in duct tape and are buried standing on their heads. Different strokes for different folks, I guess. But both stories are of dubious veracity.