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  • From generation to generation. Usually indicating the transmission of values throughout time.
  • A funeral; literally “accompanying”.
  • "Differentiation" - A Hebrew word meaning to separate, to delineate, to differentiate between two distinct environments or things. Often used to note the separation between the sacred and the secular as one transitions after a holy ritual back into daily life.
  • The "gathering of bones" - The Jerusalem Talmud (Mo’ed Katan 1:5) describes the practice of likut atzamot as a two-phase procedure of burying Jewish bodies in deep pits (mahamorot) and waiting for the skin to dissolve before removing the bones for reburial. The bones were then placed in an ossuary, or bone box.
  • Accompany the dead. Often used to include funeral and burial for a loved one.
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