Where to host a service

Howard Mammon

Executive Director, Toronto Hebrew Memorial Parks

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So it’s interesting because over the years we’ve noticed a trend away from using the funeral chapel building, either of the chapels, and having more and more graveside services. Regardless of time of year, we found right now in 2024 that well over a third and sometimes even half of the funerals are held at the graveside. And there’s lots of reasons for that, but more and more it’s become an accepted practice. I think part of it may be as a result of COVID, where people had to meet outdoors and they saw, okay, well, we can do this. We don’t need to be in an indoor facility. So sometimes, not that often, there’ll be a service at a synagogue. Sometimes it’ll be offsite. It’ll be at our, for instance, at our location at Pardes Shalom, we have a facility there that can accommodate 75, 80 or so people. And so rather than be outside, they might have it indoors in a lovely facility where you actually feel like you’re outside, just the way it’s created. So it’s a pretty special place.

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