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Breslov hassisim meet Ukraine president
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Published: 14.11.07, 08:18
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1. Why can't he be moved?
Christy ,   Boston, US   (11.14.07)
Is there any reason why Rabbi Nahman of Breslov can't be interred in Israel, on Jewish owned land? Or, in some other country that's not as openly anti-Semitic as Ukraine? New York, for example. I believe there are lots of Rabbi Nahman of Breslov's followers in NY. Could he be buried there? Is there something holy about the spot he's buried on that would not permit him to be moved? Sorry for the questions, I just wonder why his followers would want his body to reside in the Ukraine rather than someplace else that's a bit more friendly towards Jews?
2. #1- Our dead must be respected
LEE ,   NY, USA   (11.14.07)
In our tradition we do not inter any bodies unless there is an absolute reason to believe that the remains will be desecrated. There is no reason to believe that this is the case here. The body served as a vessel for the soul and is set to be resurrected in the future. Therefore, we do not treat it lightly and do not move it around. The only time in recent history when bodies needed to be interred for the sake of preventing desecration was unbelievably on our own land in Gush Katif that was summarily handed over to the most heinous animals alive today, our so-called peace partners, you know, the ones we are actively erecting a state for. That was just another aspect of the horrid tragedy of the first Jew on Jew expulsion in history. May it never be repeated.
3. TO LEE, #2: YOU TOOK THE WORDS RIGHT OUT OF MY MOUTH...
SETTHERECORDSTRAIGHT   (11.14.07)
BUT I DO BELIEVE THAT WHAT THE UKRANIAN PRESIDENT IS DOING IS A BIG TIKKUN ON HIS ANCESTORS.
4. The silver trophy looks like a kiddush goblet :)
israeli ,   israel   (11.14.07)
5. Moving the Dead
Yael ,   Jerusalem   (11.15.07)
Lee, if 1973 is considered "resent history" , then for your information, during the Yom Kippur War fallen soldiers who fought in the southern front were temporarily buried in Be'eri and were moved to their permanent resting places months later.
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