Additional Considerations
Reciting Kaddish requires a minyan (a quorum) of ten (10) or more Jewish men. Should you know in advance that you will or may require additional men to complete a minyan, Rabbi Edelkopf will make the necessary arrangements in advance of the funeral services, thereby ensuring that there are no unanticipated issues on the day of the funeral. In this day and age, it is often impossible for many of us to take time off from work, even to attend a funeral. Accordingly, Rabbi Edelkopf enlists the services of Rabbinical Students (“Bochurim”) to participate in the funeral minyan. Please note that there is an expectation that the Bochurim receive compensation for their services and to cover their travel expenses. Often, the need arises for assistance in locating a deceased’s gravesite and/or translation of the Hebrew or Yiddish engraving on a monument. Being familiar with all of the Jewish Cemeteries from the Brooklyn and Queens boarders with Long Island, eastbound.
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