Leviticus 20:19 Halakhah: Shulchan Arukh, Yoreh De'ah

וְעֶרְוַ֨ת אֲח֧וֹת אִמְּךָ֛ וַאֲח֥וֹת אָבִ֖יךָ לֹ֣א תְגַלֵּ֑ה כִּ֧י אֶת־שְׁאֵר֛וֹ הֶעֱרָ֖ה עֲוֺנָ֥ם יִשָּֽׂאוּ׃

And thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy mother’s sister, nor of thy father’s sister; for he hath made naked his near kin; they shall bear their iniquity.

Shulchan Arukh, Yoreh De'ah

Whoever [throws recklessly] many garments upon the dead,24 supra par. 3. commits a sin because of 'Do not destroy'.25Sem(H). IX, 23. Cf. M.K. 27b; Yad Ebel IV, 2 and commentaries ibid.; Sem(H). Int. p. 81. This is in accord with the opinion of R. Meir (Sem. ibid.) who states: ‘One should not be reckless by throwing garments upon the dead to be buried with them.’
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