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  • Hi Yair. I found this to be a very interesting album and of course very well done. Thank you for the information on the stones. What a nice tradition. I recognized many of the famous names (I'm getting old, you know). You did a very nice job on this lovely cemetery. Sharon from Minnesota

  • said sharwils

  • 2009.10.18 at 06:40:33 PDT

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  • Beautiful but sobering album Yair. Your captions are always welcome for explanation. The world must never forget. - DeeAnne

  • said missdee101

  • 2008.11.10 at 08:23:45 PST

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  • Hi Yair: we are still hunting after time... but had to send our compliments for this new addition to Israel's history and outstanding places. Special thankyou for the small stones explanation. Indeed, the "small pieces of rocks" are a kind of back to earth, a link to the past. Very touching tradition! - Best wishes: Kaethi and Henri

  • said oertlif_3

  • 2008.06.07 at 00:32:25 PDT

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  • Thanks for visiting my Reflections challenge entries...you are quick on the draw and beinging the first on the list....hope that means you will place first in the challenge too. I'll have to really dig for next week's orange...

  • said albertsville

  • 2008.06.04 at 04:41:22 PDT

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  • A good album, Yair. I also remember the Jewish tradition of placing the stones, from Schindler's List. When I visited a grave in Paris, Montparnasse, I did the same, as there were other stones there as well. It was somebody famous but the name escapes my old memory. Great work, Merike

  • said lovejoy485

  • 2008.05.26 at 08:44:52 PDT

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  • Yair, Thank you for visiting my "Freedom is Not Free" album. Thank you also for providing me with the inspiration to do it by posting this beautiful album which you released for your Memorial Day on May 7. Ours, as you know, is Monday. I appreciate your comments and will research to find answers to your questions. Carol

  • said albertsville

  • 2008.05.23 at 09:31:17 PDT

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  • Thank you Yair! It's a very interesting and important album waching your album I decided to visit there

  • said elionaral

  • 2008.05.19 at 00:09:07 PDT

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  • A very interesting and educational album Yair,thanks for sharing.Thanks a lot also for your congratulations on our winning picture in the challenge,have a great day,Henri and Josee.

  • said haneveercoremanssh...

  • 2008.05.13 at 01:22:55 PDT

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  • Thanks,Yair,for a wonderful and educational album. I enjoyed it. I knew about the stones on the graves,but what is the significance of what looks like tiny houses on some of the graves? Thanks alot,Pat

  • said phammarth

  • 2008.05.07 at 19:20:32 PDT

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  • I'm always happy to see your new photos,and you do a Great Job with them! I'm working on a new album and a new camera as well. You take care! L. Stevens eagle6760@comcast.net

  • said larry168108

  • 2008.05.07 at 08:16:17 PDT

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  • Beautiful album Yair! Full of history and nice shots! I enjoyed it very much! Thank you! Have a nice day, Corina

  • said flower11rose

  • 2008.05.06 at 01:13:22 PDT

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  • Dear Yair, although I only looked at the thumbnails so far, based on your previous albums, I already know it will be interesting to view each photo and read your captions. Happy to be one of the first to sign your guestbook. Maria

  • said enemaria100

  • 2008.05.05 at 10:55:24 PDT

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  • Yair, This is a very thoughtfully composed album of interesting shots from the final resting place of so many of your nation's respected citizens. Your album portrays the dignity and respect so deserved by those interred at this cemetery. I was very interested to learn of the little stones. Thank you for sharing these photos and honoring these heroes of Israel. Carol

  • said albertsville

  • 2008.05.05 at 03:12:26 PDT

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  • I remember seeing that at the end of Schindler's List (movie) - thanks for explaining :o) I'm the first to comment on this well-executed but very somber album... Roberto

  • said rodemicheli

  • 2008.05.05 at 03:12:05 PDT

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  • Those of you who will look closely on the pictures in this album will probably wonder why there are small stones on the graves. The answer is that it’s a Jewish tradition to place a small stone at the graveside when visiting Jewish graves of someone that the visitor may even never knew. This shows that someone visited the graveside, and represents permanence. Leaving flowers is not a traditional Jewish practice. Another reason for leaving stones is tending the grave. In Biblical times, gravestones were not used; graves were marked with mounds of stones, so by placing (or replacing) them, one perpetuated the existence of the site.

  • said ykarelic4

  • 2008.05.05 at 00:03:14 PDT

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