Saturday, May 13, 2017

agriculture - Why don't Jewish people put flowers on graves?


I know that Jews have specific traditions regarding burial and cemeteries, and that one of these traditions involves putting pebbles on gravestones, which I think is quite beautiful, although I don't know the story behind it. I have been led to believe that there are specific restrictions on putting flowers on graves, but I am not familiar with the reasons for it (by the same token, I also don't know why non-Jews do put flowers on graves).


Why don't Jewish people put flowers on graves?




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