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Article: Vodka Bottle Gets Final Resting Place According to Jewish Law.
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- Israel Faxx
- Article date:
- August 26, 2008
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By IsraelNationalNews.com
Jewish law generally forbids placing objects in the coffin of a Jew, but rabbis in Europe recently were faced with the dilemma of how to fulfill a Jew's request that he be buried with what he considered his best friend--a bottle of vodka.
The question arose after a former Soviet Jew living in Germany died and left a will stating his wish to a friend that he be buried with his best friend, a bottle of vodka, with which he had never parted during his lifetime, the European Jewish Press reported. His wish to a friend was that he be buried with his best friend, a bottle of vodka.
The local rabbi was unsure how to decide the ...