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NEWS
Bones Buried in Haifa at a Massive Levaya
by Aryeh Zisman
A massive his'orerus and prayer rally, as well as the
levaya of the bones of our ancients, was held on
Tuesday (4 Adar) in Haifa. At this levaya, the
participants requested the forgiveness of the deceased for
the terrible desecration to their graves and their bones, as
well as for the disgracing and destruction of the burial
caves which occurred. At the rally and levaya, gedolei
haTorah and roshei yeshiva from all circles of the city
of Haifa, as well as the political representatives who
played a vital role in the uncompromising struggle against
the desecration of the graves, spoke.
Last week, the work on the Yaffo Bypass road ended. A review
of what occurred throughout the work on the project revealed
that some of the burial caves were desecrated and robbed,
while others were saved due to the efforts of UTJ's
representatives in the Haifa municipality, as well as
efforts the Federation for the Prevention of Desecration to
Graves and the rabbonim of Haifa who, with their guidelines,
were involved in the entire battle from beginning to end.
These past few days, avreichim continued to place the
desecrated bones in special bags, in order to bring them to
an orderly burial in the old cemetery in Haifa. Rav Avdimi
Demin Chaifa is buried in that cemetery, as are bones which
were desecrated in previous excavations and brought to
burial two weeks ago
The bones which were currently desecrated are from the
period of the Amoro'im and the Rishonim, Baalei Hatosfos.
The Haifa community holds the mayor, Amram Mitzna, and the
Yefeh Nof company responsible for enabling the
archaeologists of the Antiquities Authority to conduct
"rescue" excavations on the site, while desecrating the
bones of the deceased -- smashing and crushing them in the
process.
The rabbonim of Haifa are making every possible effort to
prevent additional damage to bones. On their instructions,
the bones were placed in bags, and on Tuesday, at 2:00 in
the afternoon, they were brought to burial in the nearby
cemetery. Prior to the levaya, a protest and
his'orerus rally was held on 136 Yaffo Street in the
square near the site of the desecration. Gedolei
Yisroel and the rabbonim of Haifa participated in the
rally.
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