The Elbalming of Yakov
The Embalming of Yakov When Yakov is Niftar, Yosef has him embalmed. In general, embalming is counter to the idea that the body needs to decompose to remove the sin of Adam, which is known as עטיו של נחש, the remnant of the sin of the snake. That is why in Shemoneh Esreh we say,…