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To: Uncledave

Could you please tell me the significance of leaving a stone on the grave? I remember at the end of Schindler's list when some of the surviving Schindler Jews, their children and grandchildren, placed stones on his grave and have always wondered about its meaning.


4 posted on 10/13/2004 7:37:23 AM PDT by ops33 (Retired USAF Senior Master Sergeant)
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To: ops33

Here's some explanation of the tradition of leaving stones at a grave.. not sure if it is accurate, but it is interesting :)

http://www.templesanjose.org/JudaismInfo/time/Life_Cycle/pebbles.htm


11 posted on 10/13/2004 7:57:43 AM PDT by CLRGuy
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