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Ukrainian authorities are delaying the repatriation of the body of 19-year-old Eliyah Eli, who drowned last week in Uman, right before the Tashlich prayer. Eli's funeral was scheduled to be held Sunday afternoon, but the Ukrainian authorities did not release the documents necessary in order to fly the body back to Israel. Representatives of Hevra Kaddisha (Jewish burial society) in the Ukraine handled the body, but was unable to complete the arrangements because most governmental offices in the eastern European country were closed on Sunday.

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