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Sanhedria Cemetery

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After the establishment of the State of Israel, it emerged that the cemetery was not registered with the government land-ownership office and was in violation of certain building codes. While Israeli law mandates a minimum distance of 100 metres (330 ft) between graves and apartment houses, in
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in favor of eulogies at the Sanhedria Funeral Parlor and burial at the Mount of Olives. The side of the funeral parlor overlooking the busy commercial intersection of Shmuel HaNavi and Bar-Ilan Streets displays large metal letters that read: ื‘ื™ืช ืžื•ืขื“ ืœื›ืœ ื—ื™ ("Meeting Place for All the Living").
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in downtown Jerusalem. The explosion collapsed the Atlantic Hotel and heavily damaged adjacent buildings. Forty-two Jewish men, women, and children were killed in the blast, but there was nowhere to bury them. While the bodies lay in the courtyard of the
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made the Mount of Olives inaccessible, as the route to the cemetery passed through hostile Arab villages. The catalyst for the opening of Sanhedria Cemetery was the March 23, 1948 explosion of three British army trucks filled with kerosene on
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scoured the city for a suitable location for a new cemetery. An empty lot next to the Sanhedria neighborhood, in the vicinity of a government agricultural experiments station, was deemed appropriate, and permission was obtained from
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cemeteries that are located on the outer edges of the city, Sanhedria Cemetery is situated in the heart of western Jerusalem, in proximity to residential housing. It is operated under the jurisdiction of the Kehilat Yerushalayim
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on June 11, 1948, but four weeks later, the pallbearers at a funeral were targeted by Arab sniper fire and one died, causing a cessation of burials once again. Two small burial grounds in central Jerusalem โ€“
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Following the 1949 Armistice Agreement, with the Mount of Olives remaining under Jordanian control, Sanhedria Cemetery became a regular burial ground. With the opening of the new neighborhoods of
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The cost of burial at Sanhedria Cemetery is not subsidized by the state, as in other cemeteries. In September 2008 the price of a double plot stood at 75,000 shekels (approximately US$ 21,000).
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in May 1948, Sanhedria Cemetery was located close to the front line on the northern border; for a while it was completely exposed to enemy fire. Burials resumed after the first
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some sections of Sanhedria Cemetery the distance is only 20 metres (66 ft). As a result of procedural violations, the cemetery was tied up in litigation for many years.
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in the Sanhedria Cemetery. In the 1970s the son of one of the victims discovered that only 25 victims had actually been buried here and 22 had been declared missing.
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Graves are topped by a horizontal, rectangular limestone gravestone engraved with the name, date, and accolades of the deceased. The gravestones of
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who researched the nearby Tombs of the Sanhedrin, and his wife Chassia, are uniquely decorated with carvings and motifs of the
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Sanhedria Funeral Parlor (right) with its large lettered Hebrew sign, "Meeting Place for All the Living".
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Until 1948, Jewish burials in Jerusalem were conducted in the centuries-old Jewish cemetery on the
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Sanhedria Cemetery is operated under the exclusive jurisdiction of the Kehilat Yerushalayim
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A sign posted on the outer wall of the cemetery, facing Levi Eshkol Boulevard, warns
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The Israel Digest of Press and Events in Israel and the Middle East, Volumes 1โ€“3
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The Holy Ones in the Earth: Graves of Tzaddikim in Jerusalem and Bnei Brak
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not to pass under the trees overhanging the wall in order to avoid
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residents of the Old Yishuv to shun the Sanhedria Cemetery.
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for five days, representatives of the Kehilat Yerushalayim
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At the southern end of the cemetery stands the Sanhedria
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A Tzaddik in Our Time: The life of Rabbi Aryeh Levin
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Index

Rock-cut tombs in Israel ยง Second Temple period

Shmuel HaNavi neighborhood
Sanhedria
Jerusalem
dunam
acre
Find a Grave
Sanhedria Cemetery
Hebrew
dunam
acre
Jewish
Sanhedria
Jerusalem
Levi Eshkol Boulevard
Shmuel HaNavi Street
Bar-Ilan Street
Mount of Olives
Har HaMenuchot
chevra kadisha
Mount of Olives
Arab siege of Jerusalem
Ben Yehuda Street
Bikur Holim Hospital
British Mandate
Ashkenazi
Chief Rabbi
Yitzhak HaLevi Herzog
Sephardi

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