The Fundamental Response of Rav Moshe Feinstein Regarding Exhuming a Body to a Family Grave – 5720 [1960]
A long halachic ruling, spread over two pages, written entirely and signed by Rav Moshe Feinstein.
The letter deals with the relocation of a grave to the section where the dead person’s family lies.
Rav Moshe rules that although one should not transfer a dead body, one cannot prevent those who want to do so.
The later poskim rely on this teshuvah, in certain circumstances. printed in his Teshuvos Igros Moshe, Yoreh Deah, II, 161,.
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New York] Shevat [1960]. [2] leaves, written on one side. Signed, with corrections and erasures. Size: 21.5X28 cm. Good-moderate condition. water stains. Small hole in first page, no damage to words.
