There are many laws in the Torah concerning how to conduct one’s self in a cemetery; it is known from the Cabala though the soul ascends into heaven a bit reminds with the bones of the body that resemble the YHVH–Four Letter Name of God.
According to the strict interpretation of the Torah the voice of a woman singing is considered Airva/Nakedness. One can not fault the pop star for her insensitive ignorance, but the rabbi who accompanied Madonna and Jesus to gravesite certainly should have known better.
A few years ago she made a scene at the Western Wall in Jerusalem and later almost broke her neck in a freak accident. Just as there are laws of nature with adamant repercussions so too are there spiritual laws regarding ultimate profundities like death.
The Jewish People pray at the gravesite of the righteous because it is hollowed ground, hollowed because the person buried there lived an exemplar life, giving the Creator pleasure–the essential connector. We stand at the foot of that connection between man and the Creator with awe and wonderment while praying to God. Respect in front of those who can not respond is customary.
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