If a double monument is purchased and the surviving spouse remarries, may he or she be buried beside the first wife or husband?
According to Jewish custom, the first marriage is the significant one, especially if there were children from this marriage. If a double stone is erected and a plot is reserved for the surviving spouse, then the surviving spouse should be allowed to be buried next to their first husband or wife, if that is his or her expressed wish. According to Biblical precedent, Jacob had four wives, but was buried next to Leah, his first wife.
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