The Jewish Culture Trail ? The Old Kirkut
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There are not remains of the first Jewish cemetery, but in Górki Street here was the second, so-called, the Old Kirkut. It had existed till the third kirkut was started in Polna Street in 1821 year. The only fragment of the Old Kirkut is a large yard that probably hides some human remains tombstones. All cemeteries are sacred places for the Jews, here the ancestors? ashes are waiting for Moses? coming that is why exhumation is forbidden. The Jewish cemeteries and funeral homes were situated at the distance of 50 ells (about 25 m) from the nearest houses. The religious rules obligated the family to burry the dead as soon as possible, even the day of death. The family was to make the tombstone in a year time; its size and form depended on the family wealth. In every community there was a funeral fraternity (chewra kadysza) whose duty was to organize the funeral ceremony and look after all cemeteries.
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