Volume 5

Question: Is it permissible for a person to donate his body to a medical school and, if so, under what conditions? If a person did so, is it permissible to bury him in a Jewish cemetery after the donation period is over? When does one mourn for such a person?

Question: Should the body of a person who dies from AIDS or some other contagious disease be ritually washed prior to burial?

Question: Before setting up a Hevra Kadisha, the Masorti Movement would like to know: What are the sources for the tohorah ritual? What are the halakhic requirements for this ritual?