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Green burial or direct burial

Burial of a body without chemical preservation in a simple container to preserve the earth.

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green burial or direct burial
Personal life; Funeral

Burial of a body without chemical preservation in a simple container to preserve the earth.

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Placing of a dead body in an underground chamber - earth burial- interment.

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Under Jewish law, the dead must be buried in the earth, not cremated, and must be buried in a simple coffin, simply dressed. See Care for the Dead.

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The act or ceremony of putting a corpse into the ground or a vault, or into the sea; or the inurnment of cremains.

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A grave; a tomb; a place of sepulture.

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