They are not supposed to be abandoned. When my father died in 2004, I paid a
sum to the Jewish community in Copenhagen for perpetual maintenance of the
grave. This is in contrast to my (non-Jewish) mother's grave at the
neighbouring regular cemetery where I pay an annual fee, and if the payments
stop, the grave is subject to being re-used after some reasonable period (10 or
20 years I think).
This is also why the Jewish cemetery has stringent requirements regarding the
foundation for the stone etc. The guy in charge told me that they work to a
500-year standard.
Cheers,
Nathan
On 6 Jan 2014, at 21:05, Siddiq Siddiqui-Ali <muhammad.siddiqui-ali@xxxxxxx>
wrote:
>
> On Jan 6, 2014, at 2:06 AM, Nathan Wajsman <photo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> <snip>
>
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>> http://www.greatpix.eu/Other/Old-Jewish-cemetery-in-Wroclaw/
>
> <snip>
>
> What's meant by Jewish graves are meant to be eternal?
>
> Siddiq
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