A group of volunteers on behalf of the Federation for the
Prevention of the Desecration of Graves displayed
considerable mesiras nefesh and cherdas kodesh
last week, when they reburied a vast quantity of bones of our
ancestors. The bones had been desecrated and crushed by
archaeologists in a most disgraceful manner.
Two weeks ago, Haifa University archaeologists desecrated a
number of ancient graves discovered during a "rescue
excavation" conducted within the limits of the construction
at Elad-Mazor. All graves found on the site were emptied of
their contents. The bones, which had lain undisturbed for
thousands of years, were strewn all over the vicinity in a
disgraceful manner.
The volunteers spent long hours in the beating sun, gathering
bones and bone fragments which they then reburied, according
to halocho, in their original burial sites. The
volunteers, who regarded their work as a sacred mission,
expressed the hope that these bones will never again be
disinterred, and that our sacred ancients will be granted
repose until the arrival of Moshiach tzidkenu.
