[Avodah] honoring the deceased's wish

[Liron Kopinsky]

On Sun, Sep 23, 2012 at 6:53 AM, <T613K at aol.com> wrote:

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>
> The request to be buried in concentration camp clothes strikes me as akin
> to the common minhag of burying murder victims who were killed because they
> were Jews in the bloody clothes they were wearing when they died.  These
> clothes are said to arouse Heavenly compassion.
>

Interesting. Would you say that the goal of doing this is for the deceased
("Look at what happened to me") or for those of us who are still alive
("Look at what my people have to deal with")? In other words, are we
looking out for the deceased eternal well-being, or are we "using" the
deceased as a meilitz for ourselves?

Kol Tuv,
-- 
Liron Kopinsky
liron.kopinsky at gmail.com
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