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R. Moshe Feinstein on Cremating a Body to Get It Out of the Soviet Union (12 Sivan)

שו"ת אגרות משה יורה דעה ד:נו 12 Sivan 5741 (1981)

​It's 1981, and you can get out of Russia, but the only way to get your deceased parent out is by cremation. Should you? And can you/must you bury those ashes in a Jewish cemetery?

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