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Unveiling - Weiss

 

Service at the Consecration of a Tombstone

from pages 241-247 of Death and Bereavement - A Halakhic Guide by Rabbi Abner Weiss

 

1. Ashrei - Psalm 1:1-1:6 - Happy is the man

2. For a man: Mi Yaaleh - starts with Psalm 24:1-24:5 - Who may ascend

3. For a woman: Aishet Chayil - Woman of valor

4. Shamrani Ail - Guard me O God

5. 23rd Psalm

6. Adonay maon - Thou hast been a dwelling place

7. Dirshoo Adonay - Seek ye the Lord

8. Enosh cechatzir - As for the man, his days are as grass

9. Eulogy

10. Kaddish

11. El Malay Rachamim

 

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