In the unfortunate event of suffering a bereavement, the following action should be taken:

 

1 Inform the shul office as soon as possible (funerals take some time to arrange). They will need to know  the Jewish name of the deceased (this  can be found in the ketuba if it is not known), whether a plot was reserved, who needs keriah and address where shiva will take place.

2 Obtain a certificate of death from a doctor, a removal slip if the death occurred in a hospital, register the death at the Register of Births, Marriages & Deaths at the Town Hall, The Headrow, Leeds and take these certificates to the shul office as soon as possible.

 

 

 

 

 

Members are not charged for a funeral.

 

 

 

 

If someone dies on Shabbat or Yom Tov, the body is mukse and cannot be touched. The body should be covered and a Jew should stay with the deceased until the conclusion of Shabbat when arrangements can be made as above.

 

 

 

 

 

Synagogue Address:

411 Harrogate Road, Leeds LS17 7BY

Rabbi’s Office: 0113 269 2670

 

 

Administration Address:

584 Harrogate Road, Leeds LS17 8DP

Phone: 0113 266 2214
Fax: 0113 237 1183

email: admin@etzchaim.co.uk