A Jewish veteran service is a funeral service held in honor of a loved one who is a retired veteran, someone who passed on while in action, or a veteran discharged from the force honorably. In most cases, these funeral services differ from each other depending on the family’s needs, and this is what you need to know about them.
Upon death, the veteran is eligible to get Jewish military death benefits. If he or she wrote all his or her wishes before passing on, the family has to honor these wishes. If he or she hadn’t written any, the family could decide how to give their loved one an honorable send-off.
The family can choose to bury the veteran in uniform, bury their loved one in a Jewish cemetery, or a national or state military cemetery. Although Jewish customs demand families bury the deceased on the day of death or the day after, families can delay the burial until they are ready.
During military funeral services, the deceased will receive veteran funeral honors, including an honor guard, flag representation to the next of kin, and tap playing by a bugler. After this, the rabbi will take over the meeting and conduct it while observing strict Jewish customs and depending on the family’s wishes.
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