Among Jews, over time, funeral orations have been raised to an art form. Upon tracing the origin of such orations, it is in funeral dirges and laments of grief that one must look. This article shows the evolution of funeral orations in the Jewish world, from the Biblical Period to modern times, by focusing particularly on oration content and their listeners. One may notice that these speeches, at one time sung, have continually retained the purpose of honoring the deceased, consoling the bereaved and recalling moralistic rules of conduct.