prepare your final resting place
Pre-Planning, An Act Of Love
It is often difficult to make serious decisions at times of intense stress and high emotions. Together with your Funeral Director, we can offer pre-planning opportunities in a compassionate and warm environment to satisfy the desires and requests of everyone in the Jewish Community. Alliance staff is here for you, as we have been for over a century and a quarter.
Pre-planning your funeral can provide numerous benefits for both yourself and your loved ones. By pre-arranging your funeral, you can alleviate the burden on your family during an already difficult time, ensuring that your final wishes are carried out and relieving them of the stress of making decisions. Additionally, pre-planning allows you to lock in current prices, potentially saving your family money in the long run. Overall, pre-planning your funeral offers peace of mind and provides a thoughtful gift to your family.
Pre-Planning provides benefits for both yourself & your loved ones
Save Your Family Money
Alleviate The Burden
Lock In Current Pricing
Personalize Your Funeral
Ensure Your Final Wishes Are Fulfilled
MATZEVAH: UNVEILING OF A STONE MARKER
A headstone or footstone is known as a Monument, (Matzevah). There are varying customs as to when it should be placed at the grave. Most families arrange for an unveiling ceremony sometime after the burial. It is customary to unveil the stone any time after the first thirty days of mourning (Sheloshim). There is no restriction regarding the timing, other than the unveiling cannot be held during certain periods of the year, such as (Passover or Chol HaMoed).
Many families wait eleven months to unveil a stone so they can gather just before the first-year anniversary (Yahrzeit). You will find a cloth or shroud covering, that has been placed on the stone, to be removed by close family members. Unveiling ceremonies often include the reading of Psalms, Mourners Kaddish, and the prayer El Moley Rachamim. The service may also include family members and clergy offering words of remembrance in honor of the deceased.