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Thu 13 May, 2004 07:31 pm
I will be a leader of a family group at an unveiling (a ceremony to show the gravestone about one year after the funeral). We are non-practicing Conservative Jews. We do not plan to have a rabbi.
Do you know of any prayers I could say? Books I should consult?
I can't recall if there are specific prayers, although I suppose the Shehekhiyanu is appropriate (that seems to be said pretty much on any occasion). And I think the Mourners' Kaddish is fine, as the unveiling tends to come near the end of the mourning period.
Of course any words of meaning are appropriate. At my great-aunt's unveiling, we all talked about what she had meant to all of us.
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