what does a jewish person do at a wake when the family is catholic.cause catholics to the little thing... i dk what its called.. jews arent supose to do that
2007-04-03 10:14:31 · 6 answers · asked by Phoebe 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
i mean, when you say your "sorrys" to the family..
2007-04-03 10:22:52 · update #1
Genuflect? (bend the knee)
Follow your conscience.
They will understand.
2007-04-03 10:22:24 · answer #1 · answered by wefmeister 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
are you talking about paying respects to the body?
because I have been to Catholic wakes where they had the body on display for a final goodbye and we Jews do NOT do that kind of thing
we are to remember the person alive, so when I was at the wake I sat with the family and talked with them but I did not go up to the body
2007-04-03 17:20:23 · answer #2 · answered by Rhymes with Camera 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The only major difference I know of in funerals is that Jews do not use embalming, or taxidermy of any kind of the body, and do not display it.. Most of us find such a thing distasteful as well as insulting the the person who's body it is.....
2007-04-05 01:42:59 · answer #3 · answered by XX 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If one is a Kohane, they can't go. If one is not a Kohane, then you say condolence...you can't pray with a statue of J*sus (if anything with J*sus is in the room, you really can't be in there) and cannot enter a church. If it is at a funeral home, that is different. We do not go near the body.
2007-04-03 17:21:52 · answer #4 · answered by LadySuri 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Say condolences? What does anyone do at a wake?
2007-04-03 17:18:13 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
why not Whats wrong with them showing their condolences?
2007-04-03 17:19:12 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋