HOW DO YOU WANT TO BE SENT OFF?
NOAH AND CODY
THIS IS HOW THE JEWISH CULTURE WOULD SEND YOU OFF
- THEY WOULD CLOSE YOUR EYES
- WRAP BODY AND SURROUND WITH CANDLES
- PEOPLE WOULD NEVER LEAVE YOUR SIDE BEFORE YOUR BURIAL
- THE PEOPLE SITTING WITH YOU WILL NOT EAT, DRINK, OR PREFORM A COMMANDMENT IN YOUR PRESSENCE
THIS IS HOW YOUR FAMILY WOULD ACT WHILE SENDING YOU OFF
- THEY WILL MOURN BY NOT SHAVING, WEARING TORE CLOTHES, NO SHOES, NOT LISTENING TO MUSIC, AND NOT ATTENDING PARTIES
- YOUR MOTHER WILL PRESENT HER KADDISH (HER PRAYER FOR YOU)
THIS IS HOW YOUR FAMILY'S COMMUNITY WOULD BE TREATED WHILE SENDING YOU OFF
SHIVA!
THEY WILL BRING YOUR FAMILY FOOD IN A SHIVA BASKET
THIS IS HOW YOUR SEND OFF WILL HAPPEN
- BURIED IN A PINE BOX
- ON A CHOSEN PLOT OF LAND
!NO CREMATION!
Jewish Traditions of Death, Mourning and Funerals
THIS IS HOW THE VIKINGS WOULD SEND YOU OFF
- THEY WOULD SACRIFICE A THRALL
- FEAST AND DRINK
- GIVE GIFTS TO YOUR DEAD BODY
- FINALLY THEY WOULD SEND YOU OFF WITH YOUR DEAD THRALL AND AND TREASURE ON YOUR SHIP
Viking Funeral (from "The 13the Warrior")
THIS IS HOW YOUR FRIENDS AND FAMILY WILL ACT AFTER SENDING YOU OFF
- FEASTING AND DRINKING AFTER SEVEN DAYS.
- THE RIGHTFUL HEIR WOULD BE APPOINTED OVER THE DEAD'S AUTHORITY
THIS IS HOW YOUR SEND OFF WILL HAPPEN
- YOU WILL BE PUT ON YOUR SHIP
- THE RITUAL OF THE DRUNKEN THRALL SEEING THROUGH THE DOOR WAY WILL HAPPEN
- THE THRALL WILL BE SACRIFICED AND LAID BY YOUR SIDE
- YOUR FRIENDS WILL GIVE YOU GREAT GIFTS AND PUT THEM ON YOUR SHIP
- YOU SHIP WILL BE SENT OF IN FIRE TO BURN ON THE WATER
- RUNES FOR YOU WILL BE ARRANGED IN A FIELD IN YOUR HONOR
THIS IS HOW EAST AFRICANS WOULD SEND YOU OFF
- ALL THE PICTURES OF THE DEAD WILL BE TURNED OVER
- BED WILL BE REMOVED FROM THE DECEASED'S ROOM
- A VIGIL WILL BE HELD AT YOUR HOME
- PEOPLE ARE INVITED TO THE HOUSE TO MOURN
THIS IS HOW THEY WOULD TAKE YOU TO YOUR GRAVE
- THEY CUT A HOLE IN THE WALL OF YOUR HOUSE
- THEY CARRY YOU OUT FEET FIRST
- TAKE YOU ON A ZIG-ZAG PATH
- CARRY YOU OVER OBSTACLES
THIS IS HOW YOUR FUNERAL GO
- YOU WILL BE BURIED WITH ALL YOUR BELONGINGS
- A SMALL ANIMAL SACRIFICE MAY OCCUR
- YOUR FAMILY IS NOT ALLOWED TO SPEAK AT YOUR FUNERAL
- PROVERBS WILL BE READ
THIS IS HOW YOUR FAMILY WILL MOURN FOR YOU AFTER YOU ARE GONE
- YOUR FAMILY WILL HAVE A FUNERAL MEAL AND COME TOGETHER
- YOUR FAMILY WONT LEAVE THE HOUSE
- YOUR FAMILY WILL PARTAKE IN ABSTINENCE
- THERE WILL BE NO LOUD TALKING OR LAUGHTER
- EVERYONE WILL WEAR BLACK CLOTHES
- EVERYONE WILL SHAVE THEIR HAIR