The importance of burying in a Jewish cemetery

Rabbi David Seed

Adath Israel Congregation

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I think it’s vital that we be buried in a Jewish cemetery. It’s where our traditions have been codified, where the traditions take place in a way that links us to our past generations and is the opportunity for us to continue. We’re a family as Jews that has been around for thousands of years. And I think by burying a loved one in a Jewish cemetery, you are making that link not just for the past, but also for the future as well. So that, and I talk to family members here that they are able to visit parents, grandparents, great grandparents, even great, great parents in Toronto, because they are here buried in some of the Jewish cemeteries that we have throughout Greater Toronto.

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