From life to life : death and mourning in the Jewish tradition / a Morris Anton Associates production.

Format:

Video

Contributor:

Rokeach, Menachem, commentator.

Chait, Joseph, commentator.

Morris Anton Associates, producer.

Alden Films, distributor.

Class of 1924 Book Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jewish mourning customs.

Death--Religious aspects--Judaism.

Death.

Bereavement--Religious aspects--Judaism.

Bereavement.

Jewish funeral rites and ceremonies.

Judaism--Customs and practices.

Judaism.

Shivah (Jewish mourning custom).

Burial laws (Jewish law).

Genre:

Video recordings.

Physical Description:

1 videocassette (30 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 1/2 in.

1/2 in.

Other Title:

Death and mourning in the Jewish tradition

Place of Publication:

Clarksburg, N.J. : [distributed by] Alden Films, [1979]

System Details:

VHS.

analog

magnetic

VHS

Summary:

Rabbi Menachem Rokeach, Rabbi Joseph Chait and others explain Jewish practices and traditions, based on Torah law. Depicts the preparation for burial, the simple pine coffin, the muslin shroud, the Ritual of Taharah, the burial, the shiva and the need for a tombstone.

Credits:

Director of photography, Allen B. Rosenstein ; editors, Sid Gassner ... [et al.]

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Class of 1924 Book Fund.

OCLC:

32951979