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On July 20 the members of Petropavlovsk Community (a group
of activists from JCC, religious center, Hesed, and youth club) took part
in cleaning the territory of the Jewish cemetery. What made them do it?
Simple human moral principles. These principles underlie the Jewish Tradition.
Care of the deceased's grave as well as escorting the body to the cemetery
is called a "true mercy". Such deeds make people see the real
nature of a person, who do not expect to get any remuneration.
Today the cemetery is nearly 70 years old. First graves date
back to 1937-1938. Many burials were made during the Great Patriotic War.
The cemetery was closed for new burials several years ago. No wonder that
there are many desolated graves that need to be looked after. The cemetery
territory also has not been cleaned for many years. So active workers'
task was not very easy. Piles of garbage were collected, trees were cut,
last year's leaves were swept away from the central roads of the cemetery.
The community members put desolated graves in order.
It is symbolic that the participants of the action were of
young, middle and elder generation. They were united by the respect for
memory of their forefathers. They said: "It doesn't matter that we
didn't know those whose graves we have cleaned. They are our brothers
and it is our duty to keep a good memory about the deceased by looking
after the last place where they found shelter".
Igor Zhigarlovsky
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Representative of three generations took part in the action |
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True mercy |
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