loriken214
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SB621|1398757256|3662487 said:loriken214|1398754281|3662478 said:SB621|1398753496|3662472 said:So I actually had a discussion about this not long ago with my DH.
As a Jewish person, we do not believe in being cremated, the body is not ours so we shouldn't damage it. It is the same reasoning why Jewish people don't do tatoos. So burial is my only option.
As far as jewelry goes I want to just be buried with 1 piece, I want to have a simple gold band with my DH, DD and DS's names in it placed on the pointer finger. When we got married, tradition dictates the groom puts the ring on the pointer finger because the vein flows to the heart from that finger. You later on after the ceremony switch to your ring finger. As corny as it sounds it's important to me.
All my other jewelry will go mostly to my DD with a few pieces to go to my DS. I also have a bracelet that has been sautered on my wrist since I was 16. It is nothing fancy but I told my DH to cut it off and perhaps try recreating it or at least using the gold for something else. No point in getting buried with it.
SB, I have a question about Jewish people and tattoos. Adam Levine, of Maroon Five, says he is Jewish, but he is covered in tattoos. Just wondering what the difference in belief might be. I'm curious about all religions.
As for me, ashes to ashes...dust to dust. I will be cremated and my ashes will be mixed with my furbabies who have passed before me. Right this very minute, I'm planning my cremation and will soon have it paid for. Most of my fine jewelry has been sold and what is left is being liquidated as we speak. DH and I do not have children and I will leave anything of value to my sweet nephew.
Crap I just typed out this long response and then I closed my window out
Anyhow I would think that Adam Levine is either non practicing or a form of Reform Jew since he has tattoos and is marrying someone who isn't Jewish. Just like any religion you have people who practice at different levels of observance. I would assume that tattoos and marrying a Non Jew are OK for him, but other Jewish customs he may or may not incorporate into his life.
If you have a tattoo you can't get buried in a Jewish cemetary. Perhaps he doesn't care? I believe now if you do have a tattoo and still want to be buried they can remove a few layers of skinned that are inked. For Adam that would be a lot of skin Also if you are a Holocaust survivor an exception was made. I might be making a generalization here but from my experience regardless of how a Jewish person practices the majority aren't inked and I do think, at least for my generation, that is a direct effect of the Holocaust. I know my Grandparents would never forgive anyone in my family for getting a tattoo, but other stuff they would let slide.
Sorry for the novel and I hope that answered some of your question.
Thank you for educating me!
Lori