# Explain Jewish funeral customs to a non-Jew?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [December 12, 2006, 6:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-jewish-funeral-customs-to-a-non-jew/383788 "2006-12-12T06:04:06Z")\
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**Author:** ![Ranger\_Jeff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranger_jeff/32/2065_2.png) [@Ranger\_Jeff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranger_Jeff)\
**Post date:** [October 12, 2013, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-jewish-funeral-customs-to-a-non-jew/383788/41 "2013-10-12T21:58:40Z")

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> [@Nawth\_Chucka](#):
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> “Oh no, I don’t mind - I’ll just sit here in the dark, like a dog.”

Close. “No, don’t worry about me. You go out and have fun and I’ll just sit here in the dark crying and asking God what I did to deserve to be treated like this.”

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