[Conservative til I die]

Sorry, only Catholics and Jews pray for the dead.

Wait, so if Jews prayed for the dead, that means it was a biblical practice. So are you saying that this part of the Bible no longer counts?

[agrace]

Wait, so if Jews prayed for the dead, that means it was a biblical practice. So are you saying that this part of the Bible no longer counts?

It's only a biblical practice if it's actually in the bible, and it is not. Neither book of Maccabees is in the Tanakh, the Jewish Bible, and neither is considered holy scripture by the Jews.

[GraniteStateConservative]

Not all Jews do and it's a rabbinical issue more than something in the Torah.