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I am unaware of any specific tradition or ritual concerning this. Certainly monuments in even the most conservative of Jewish cemeteries are placed in many directions. Presumably the deceased is placed similarly.

It is true that as a tradition, anything to do with being closer to the east, the direction Jerusalem would normally be considered an honor. (As in seats by the eastern wall of a Temple are of a higher stature)...the Torah would be that way, etc. I don't think it is an actual scriptual rule of the religion however.

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Most Jewish cemeteries are set up so that the feet of the dead point toward Jerusalem.

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