Hi,
Once a body is put into a casket, no one else may benefit from it. However, where a family buys a casket and a body is placed in it, and then the family decides to use a different casket, that first casket may be used for someone else. The reason is that the casket must be buried anyway, like other items from which one may not benefit. However, the second family may not provide any sort of payment or recognition for the first family, lest that constitute illegal benefit.
(Rav Moshe Feinstein, Igrot Moshe Yoreh Deah 1:244)
Have a good day,
Mordechai
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Saturday, July 20, 2013
Saturday, July 6, 2013
Recycling a headstone
Hi,
[One may not benefit from a grave and its attachments; therefore, one may not benefit from a headstone.]
When replacing an old headstone with a new one, one may use the old stone for the grave of a needy person; this is not considered inappropriate benefit from the headstone. However, the people involved should take care not to benefit from this stone, such as if the person carving the letters would charge for the stone itself.
(Rav Moshe Feinstein, Igrot Moshe Yoreh Deah 1:228)
Have a good day,
Mordechai
[One may not benefit from a grave and its attachments; therefore, one may not benefit from a headstone.]
When replacing an old headstone with a new one, one may use the old stone for the grave of a needy person; this is not considered inappropriate benefit from the headstone. However, the people involved should take care not to benefit from this stone, such as if the person carving the letters would charge for the stone itself.
(Rav Moshe Feinstein, Igrot Moshe Yoreh Deah 1:228)
Have a good day,
Mordechai
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