Perpetual is a cultural/legal concept and lasts 99 years here - be it
for a grave or a prison sentence ...
OTT I like the last picture a lot!
Amities
Philippe
Le 6 janv. 14 à 21:54, Siddiq Siddiqui-Ali a écrit :
> Learned something new, thank you.
>
> Siddiq
>
> On Jan 6, 2014, at 12:13 PM, Nathan Wajsman <photo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>
>> 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>
>>>
>>>>
>>>> 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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