Have any Orthodox Jewish families buried an empty coffin because their child converted?

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Question by srhamm: Have any Orthodox Jewish families buried an empty coffin because their child converted?

One potentially scary deterrent for Jewish people to accept Jesus, or Yeshua, as their Messiah has been the assertion that in some families, particularly Orthodox Jewish families, that convert would no longer be considered Jewish--and in extreme cases, no longer considered alive. I've heard more as rumor than anything else, that some Jewish families would bury an empty coffin to recognize that their son or daughter had "died." Is there any shred of evidence to support this? Has it ever really happened?




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Answer by claptic
do you have a shovel?

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