Why Judaism Prefers Burial Over Cremation

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January 25 2012
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56min 41s
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Venue: San Francisco, CA San Francisco, CA

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Aveilut 

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In part 3 of our series on the Jewish Life Cycle, we discuss the Mitzvah of burial. Why does Judaism require burial and look down so much on cremation?

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