Burial in Levels
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Question
Asking about burial, her son said it is advisable to buy a plot in the ground, and she asks whether it must be in regular ground, or if it can be in levels. Her parents are buried in Holon, and there is a burial level above the parents. Can she buy there, or something similar, or a double plot?
Answer
It is forbidden to bury in levels. However, a double plot where one is above the other, and sixty centimeters are left between them, and both are in the ground, is permitted.
Source
Shulchan Aruch (Yoreh De'ah, Siman 362, Paragraph 1; Paragraphs 3-4).
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