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face=Arial>From: Micha Berger <micha@aishdas.org><BR><BR>>> I seem
to recall someone posting here years ago the notion that we ignore<BR>requests
that violate minhagim of aveilus on the grounds that we can<BR>assume that the
niftar's wishes have changed now that they are niftar.<BR><BR>Maybe it was
during our discussion of the survivor who wanted to be<BR>buried in their
striped uniform. He wanted to defend himself before the<BR>beis din shel maalah
by being able to point to his garment and declare<BR>that he already served his
time in gehenom, and thus there was only<BR>one place to send him. (In that
case, RMF pasqened that that particular<BR>request should be met, despite the
practice since Rabban Gamliel's day<BR>of burying in white linen.)
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<DIV>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.</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff></FONT><BR><FONT color=#0000ff><STRONG>--Toby
Katz<BR></STRONG></FONT><FONT lang=0 size=2 face=Arial FAMILY="SANSSERIF"
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