Since 1974
Phone: (773) 588-2762
E-Mail:
Info@jewishburial.org
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JBS Funeral Plan
Please
note: All JBS funeral plans can be prepaid.
The JBS Graveside/Chapel/Synagogue Plan
A JBS funeral may be conducted
with graveside, chapel or synagogue service.
Included are the following:
• Transfer of the
deceased to funeral home
• Services of a
licensed funeral director
• Use of any of
the chapels affiliated with Chicago Jewish Funerals, Ltd.,
or your synagogue,
for the funeral service. Or,
if you prefer, graveside.
• Tahara -- ritual
washing, purifying, and dressing the body, performed by the Chevra
Kadisha (Jewish
Sacred Society),
a
volunteer religious-service group.
Members also recite
prayers asking G-d to grant the deceased eternal rest.
• Tachrichim -- white,
pocket-less, hand-sewn, pure linen burial shrouds
• Kosher casket
• Transportation
of deceased to the cemetery
• Yohrzeit announcements
and shiva candle
• Memorial
register book
• Siddurim (prayer
books) & kippot
• Standard
acknowledgment cards
Prepayment plan is
available.
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The cost of a
JBS funeral is below
prevailing rates. Please call the JBS for specific price information.
A $500
contribution to the Jewish
Burial Society is requested.
It is
customary to give an
honorarium to the officiating rabbi.
Cemetery costs
— covering the burial
plot, grave opening and outer burial-container
liner —
are not
included. These
will be billed to you at cemetery
rates with
no additional mark up.
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Are there any other costs?
No, but there
are other optional services you may choose to select:
• Newspaper death
notices
• A shomer
to stay with the body and recite Psalms until burial
• Limousine
• Cemetery costs
are higher for Sunday or holiday funerals
• A donation to
the Chevra Kadisha
• Certified copies
of the death certificate
• Transportation
of deceased to Israel or a burial site outside the Chicago area
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