ABSTRACT
The Jewish community is deeply involved in the North London hospice, the first truly multi-faith, as opposed to non-denominational, hospice in the UK. Food is immensely important in Jewish life and it may seem, to many people who are not Jewish, to be a cause for quite unreasonable concern. Since Jews are commanded to bury their dead as quickly as possible. This too tends to be preserved as a tradition even by non-observant Jews, and the lengthy delay between death and funeral quite common in other cultures is virtually unheard of amongst Jews. Orthodox or liberal Jews happen to be, there are some things most would undeniably find comforting, unless they do not practise their Judaism at all. Such things include candles being lit for them on a Friday night at the beginning of the Sabbath, being given unleavened bread at Passover, and even a visit from a rabbi at Passover.
