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Foetal, infant and child death
Jewish representatives have indicated that rituals pertaining to miscarriage, stillbirth and death among children depend on age/stage of development. In all cases Jewish representatives will manage the process.
- Where the foetus is less than three months it can be disposed of by the HSE.
- The placenta and other fluids from a miscarriage can be disposed of.
Essential Practice Point 8
Foetuses miscarried after the first three months of pregnancy, infants and children must be buried under the full Jewish ritual. Contact the Jewish Burial Society or, if unavailable, the Communal Rabbi at the numbers at the end of the section.
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Memento of a deceased child
Essential Practice Point 9
Do not offer the parents a lock of hair from a deceased child as the body must be buried whole.
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