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   From: zirath_m.x@yahoo.com   
      
   I have read that it was a Jewish requirement to bury the dead in hemp shirts   
   and that this was discontinued when linen became available.   
      
   Would anyone know if this is true, and if so, where in the scriptures it   
   says to do this?   
      
   Thanks.   
      
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