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November 11, 2016 3:16 pm at 3:16 pm #618662SaraCFLParticipant
I’ve recently seen a few tombstones in Jewish cemeteries that have the photographs of the deceased on the tombstone. Does anyone allow that?
November 11, 2016 3:54 pm at 3:54 pm #1192053iacisrmmaParticipantAnd if the answer is no what are you going to do about it?
November 11, 2016 6:01 pm at 6:01 pm #1192054dovrosenbaumParticipantIt’s a Russian thing
November 11, 2016 6:19 pm at 6:19 pm #1192055SaraCFLParticipantGet more upset by it?
November 11, 2016 7:02 pm at 7:02 pm #1192056minyan galMemberPhotos on headstones are popular with Russian people – of all faiths, including Judaism.
November 11, 2016 7:39 pm at 7:39 pm #1192057akupermaParticipantNo one had a photograph on a tombstone until less than 200 years ago. Goyim often had carved images on tombs but that’s very expensive (i.e. something for royalty) – Jews don’t hold by graven images.
A photograph on a tombstone will fade fairly quickly, and most people won’t tombstones to be fairly permanent. To make it permanent you need to convert it to an engraving which is very expensive and halachially questionable.
November 13, 2016 4:50 am at 4:50 am #1192058yehudayonaParticipantAkuperma, apparently you haven’t seen what the OP is talking about. It’s some kind of engraving process. Washington Cemetery in Brooklyn has several that are visible from the street.
November 13, 2016 10:27 am at 10:27 am #1192059iacisrmmaParticipantGo to Old Montefiore Cemetery in Queens and you will see this…….on tombstones from the 1920’s and 1930’s.
November 16, 2016 12:54 am at 12:54 am #1192060LightbriteParticipantI Googled these cemeteries but couldn’t find pictures of photographs on tombstones.
November 16, 2016 5:31 am at 5:31 am #1192061iacisrmmaParticipantlb: I have been there many times and have seen tombstones with photographs. What did you google?
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