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Rose Hill Cemetery upholds sacred traditions

ROSH HASHANAH EDITION 5777 SECTION D  does not necessarily associate innovation with cemeteries. After all they represent perpetuity. However, innovation is taking place at Rose Hill Cemetery, a final resting place for Denver-area Jews since Max Levin died on Aug. 25, 1892. Over the past 124 years, thousands of Jews have been buried in the Jewish cemetery, which is not affiliated with any synagogue, and requires all burials in accordance with Orthodox tradition. Being buried at Rose Hill requires the deceased to have a tahara, the ritual washing of the deceased. The body must be buried in a shroud and a kosher casket. The body must also have a chaperone (shomer) accompany the deceased from the mortuary to the gravesite. Rose Hill is governed by […]
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