Weirdly enough, the only funerals I've ever been to have been Jewish.
Why this is I don't know. When my Christian relatives have died,
they've all been overseas. Anyway, I know the drill very well, and find
it moving. Lo, tho I walk through the valley of the Shadow of Death, I
will fear no evil. Gives me a chill every time, and then I weep.

All those tears make the endorphins or something kick in, and you
emerge from the graveyard very hungry. Wash the hands with the ritual
ewer, then eat!

Works for me.

Leila