The Importance of Funerals in Judaism

A lot of Christians don't really even have funerals anymore, which is fascinating to me. And they do them in the funeral parlor and it's like playing house versus being married for 50 years. Like it's just so different and I think a funeral is the most necessary thing. You know, and mom and dad had the best. We couldn't do it in their church. They both grew up in the Mississippi Delta. So we used my aunt's front yard and we brought in, we rented a tent and chairs. There's a tiny Episcopal church in that town. His two priests came up and did the service. He didn't even stand in this service. It was so