A. Clergy and Ceremony
Only a Jewish clergyman or Jewish layperson may officiate at a service in the Cemetery, unless prior permission for other clergy or laypersons to officiate is given by Temple Beth El Cemetery Corp. (TBECC). No religious ceremonies or services shall take place in the Cemetery, at the time of burial or otherwise, which are violative of the spirit of Jewish burial and cemetery custom.
B. Interment
All interments shall be made by entombing a casket in an appropriate grave liner. No disinterment may be made except with the approval of TBECC or pursuant to the order of a court of competent jurisdiction. Burials are restricted or prohibited on certain days in accordance with Jewish law and custom.
C. Markers
No monument or other grave marker shall be installed on a lot except a grave marker approved by TBECC and provided at the expense of any representative of the decedent. No individual marker shall exceed a height of three feet or be in the form of an object. The inscription of the marker shall be subject to TBECC approval and non-Jewish symbols shall not be permitted. No individual lot or family group of lots may be defined by a fence, railing, hedge, etc. A marker shall be placed on every grave within twelve months of interment. If any installer of said markers does not follow the rules, restrictions or guidelines of the Cemetery, TBECC may require the removal or adjustment at the expense of the family or said noncompliant memorial dealer.
D. Caretaker
TBECC employs their own caretakers and no other person shall have the right to dig or cause to be dug, any grave therein.
E. General
TBECC reserves the right to correct any errors made by it in conveying any lot/s by substituting other lot/s as close to the original as possible.
The Cemetery is divided into individual lots and each lot is to be used only for burying the remains of one body. The cremated remains of bodies otherwise qualified may be interred in the Cemetery.
The Cemetery shall be divided into sections that shall be separated from each other according to the By-laws of TBECC. The foregoing Policies and Procedures remain in effect for each section. The classification of such sections so designated shall forever be maintained in accordance with the principles set forth below:
1. Traditional Selection
This shall be for the exclusive burial of individuals whose Jewish identity and burial practices conform to Jewish Law (halachah) as interpreted by the Rabbinical Assembly of America (RAA) or any successor organization.
2. Open Section
This section shall be for the burial of any person of the Jewish faith and any near relative of such person without regard to Jewish identity, including a parent, grandparent, child, grandchild, sibling, spouse or life partner. All other foregoing Cemetery policies and procedures apply to this section.