Getting a Befitting Funeral Service in Brooklyn, NY
Celebrating the last sunset
All that has a beginning must have an end. Life, a sacred endowment and right, is a precious product that has a temporal shell life and a fixed but unknown expiry date. When it dawns, there is celebration; but when it comes to its predetermined sunset, there is mourning and pain among those who remain. That is why when life comes to its obvious end through death,there is need to give a befitting send-off to our beloved ones. However, this requires a covenant partner in such moments and Masada Memorial Chapels will help you and your family conduct a befitting funeral service in Brooklyn, NY.
But when a lion from Salem remains a lion in Rome?
At Masada Memorial Chapels, we serve a varied and unified body of Jewish people in Diaspora.As astute providers of funeral service in Brooklyn, we are committed to serve a constituency that does not believe in the popular cliché that says ,“ when you go to Rome, do what the Romans do” .It is with this consideration in mind that we have made it our endeavor to ensure that the funeral services of your loved ones are conducted in a manner that reflects and upholds the spirit and traditions that our fathers held to. In other words, we help you to remain a Jew, whether you are in Jerusalem or in Brooklyn.
What A Jewish Funeral Service In Brooklynneeds To Conform To
Every Jewish funeral service in Brooklyn, NY is conducted within a context of traditions and customs. Below are some of these basic traditions that the Masada Memorial Chapels fully conform to as we conduct funeral services.
Prompt disposal of fallen bodies
As a cherished tradition, all the bodies of our departed loved ones need to be buried, if possible, within 24 hours. But in case the close family members of the deceased are scattered across the world or other states, then a tolerable allowance of up to 2 days will be granted.Another reason for exception to this rule is in instances where the burial date falls on a Jewish holiday or Shabbat.
The designated venue of a funeral service in Brooklyn,NY
As a funeral service provider, we are conscious of this tradition. We conduct all our funeral services in line with it because Jewish tradition allows for them to be conducted either by the grave side, in a synagogue or in a funeral home. So when you choose us as your preferred funeral service provider, you and your family will rest assured that all will be done in a legally and traditionally accepted manner before your loved ones are laid to rest.
A hand of comfort to the mourners(Nichum Avelim)
Since every funeral comes with bereavement and grief, comfort is the most important pillar that the bereaved family would expect to get. When we conduct a funeral service in Brooklyn, we are not just interested in sending the deceased to the land of their fathers; we also look out for the welfare of the living (bereaved) that are remaining behind. With this in mind, MasadaMemorial Chapels have a moral, traditional and Divine obligation to use every funeral service as a platform to impart cheer and consolation to the Avelim.
This ideal is achieved by the physical presence of those who support and accompany the Avelim before, during and after the funeral service and also through the traditional pronouncements by the clergywith the mourners also reciting them. The presiding clergy will pronounce these words both in Hebrew and English(when necessary): “May God console you with all who mourn in the midst of the gates of Zion and Jerusalem”. This is an act of covenant and brotherly solidarity with the family and friends of the deceased in their greatest hour of pain and need.
The deceased’s last mansion
When the sun sets on the life of a loved one and the shadows set in,there is always need to place them in an honorable casket as a show of last respect.However, while conducting a traditional Jewish funeral service in Brooklyn, NY, the following traditions have to be complied with: The casket has to be decent but simple and made of bio-degradable wood without any nail; the casket also has to be closed when it is presented at the funeral service; other matters such as embalming and grave liners will have to be adhered to in principle as a matter of obeying statutory regulations,and not Jewish customs.
Going the extra mile in a funeral service in Brooklyn
As a matter of tradition, the friends of the Avelimare required not just to be physically present at the funeral service but also to physically accompany them all the way to the graveyard. This is a strong statement of support and encouragement to the bereaved family because this is the ordained path that all of us will have to take when the right time comes.
Defined roles during and after the funeral service
In accordance with tradition, not every attendee in a funeral service is designated as “Avelim proper”. Only the parents, children, spouses and siblings of the deceased are put in that special category because of their close ties with the deceased and also numerous traditional roles that they play in the service and the mourning days ahead. However, this does not means that those outside this bracket are not counted as mourners.
