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AMONG ORTHODOX JEWRY IT IS CUSTOM TO BURY THE DECEASED
EXACTLY AS HE CAME INTO THE WORLD, I.E., WITH NEITHER
MORE NOR LESS THAN WHAT HE HAD AT BIRTH. THE NUDE
BODY OF THE DECEASED IS WRAPPED IN A SHROUD, CALLED
A "WINDING SHEET," AND BURIED IN A PLAIN WOODEN
COFFIN. CENTURIES AGO, HOWEVER, THE DECEASED WAS NOT
PLACED IN A COFFIN, BUT LAID TO REST IN THE SHROUD.
THIS CUSTOM PERTAINS ONLY TO ORTHODOX JEWS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 10-15-1967