Those changes broke the standstill state of ugly traditional funeral customs and developed among the people by and by . These would cause the general and basic reform of funeral customs i…

这种些微变化打破了传统丧葬陋俗的凝滞状态，并不断向民间渗透，它最终必将引起丧葬礼俗普遍性与根本性的变革。

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The funeral will be held at one of the nation's most prominent synagogues, a Reform Jewish congregation on Fifth Avenue.

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