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 on the Jewish marriage certificate - the Ketubaif the person was married), whether a plot was reserved, who needs keriah and an address where shiva will take place.

2 Obtain a certificate of death from a doctor  and register the death at the Registrar of Births, Marriages & Deaths at the Town Hall, The Headrow, Leeds.  A green slip will be given to you by the Registrar which needs to be taken as soon as possible to the shul office.

 

 

 

 

 

Members are not charged for a funeral.

 

The Etz Chaim cemetery address is:

New Farnley Cemetery

717 Whitehall Road, Leeds LS12 6JL

 

 

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