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The Sacred Body Returns To Earth

November 19, 2024 – 8:41 am | Comments Off on The Sacred Body Returns To Earth91 views
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Humans are the only species who treat their dead with dignity and inter them. All other species leave their cadavers to rot on the ground (though some make an effort to cover them. Humans place them in the ground.
The first burial is described in this week’s Torah portion, when Abraham …