Funeral Service Fees
Bet-Olam delivers dignified Jewish funerals your way, with customised arrangements honouring your Jewish connection.
From your first call, Bet-Olam funeral directors will support you, plan and organise every step of the way.
Our service fees include all the services typically associated with a funeral, ensuring your loved one is laid to rest in a meaningful way honouring both their memory and Jewish traditions.
Members of any non PJV Synagogue Congregation
$8,550
Non-Members of any Synagogue Congregation
PJV Community Members of:
Etz Chayim Progressive Synagogue
KEDEM
Kehillat S’Dot Zahav
Leo Baeck Centre for Progressive Judaism
Temple Beth Israel
Weekend or Public Holiday funeral services attract a surcharge of $1,400
Our service fees include:
- 24-hour/365-day service to bring your family member into our care
- Headstone – the inscription is additional, and Bet Olam can help with the writing if necessary
- Personal Arrangement Interview to provide advice and plan the funeral, plus other appointments as necessary
- Liaison with cemeteries, crematoria, government departments, clergy, newspapers, and other parties as appropriate
- Officiating Rabbi or Cantor
- Collection of Interim Death Certificates from doctor or hospital
- Preparation and lodgement of all necessary documentation (including registering the death with Births, Deaths and Marriages, leading to formal Death Certificate)
- Clinical care by qualified professionals
- Hearse and Courtesy coach – seats up to 4
- Delivery to Graveside / Crematorium
- Burial Service at Cemetery / Service at Chapel
- Professional staff to carry and lower the coffin into the grave
- Tahara & Shroud
- Coffin
- Temporary Grave Marker
- Soil from Israel
- Kaddish Cards
- Memorial Candles
- Minyan Service for Members – security fees may apply
- Shloshim Remembrance in PJV synagogues during the first 30 days of mourning
Family members will be invited to attend a Progressive Judaism Victoria (PJV) Synagogue for the Yom Kippur Yizkor Service and an Aliyah on the first yahrzeit at a PJV synagogue.
Our service fees include:
- 24-hour/365-day service to bring your family member into our care
- Headstone – the inscription is additional, and Bet Olam can help with the writing if necessary
- Personal Arrangement Interview to provide advice and plan the funeral, plus other appointments as necessary
- Liaison with cemeteries, crematoria, government departments, clergy, newspapers, and other parties as appropriate
- Officiating Rabbi or Cantor
- Collection of Interim Death Certificates from doctor or hospital
- Preparation and lodgement of all necessary documentation (including registering the death with Births, Deaths and Marriages, leading to formal Death Certificate)
- Clinical care by qualified professionals
- Hearse and Courtesy coach – seats up to 4
- Delivery to Graveside / Crematorium
- Burial Service at Cemetery / Service at Chapel
- Professional staff to carry and lower the coffin into the grave
- Tahara & Shroud
- Coffin
- Temporary Grave Marker
- Soil from Israel
- Kaddish Cards
- Memorial Candles
- Minyan Service for Members – security fees may apply
- Shloshim Remembrance in PJV synagogues during the first 30 days of mourning
Family members will be invited to attend a Progressive Judaism Victoria (PJV) Synagogue for the Yom Kippur Yizkor Service and an Aliyah on the first yahrzeit at a PJV synagogue.
Optional service fees
Bet-Olam offers optional services for families who wish them, including travel beyond the metropolitan area of service, should you wish services in another location.
Optional services include:
- Live Streaming $385
- Mileage beyond the Metropolitan area (per km) $6.00
Items not included
Bet-Olam services do not include certain items as listed below. We can assist you in gathering this information should you wish and are here to help you every step of the way.
Services not included in our fees:
- Burial Plot and interment costs
- Cremation related expenses
- Minyan Service for non-members
- Synagogue Security costs
- Consecration cost for Clergy
- Clergy costs to/from outside Greater Melbourne
Our Commitment
Bet Olam is here to serve you and walk with you and your family during your time of need. Ensuring your understanding of the funeral process and answering all of your questions is a very important part of what we do.