MEMORIAL PARK SITE DEDICATED : JEWISH CONGREGATIONS SPRINKLE EARTH FROM ISRAEL IN CEREMONY.Byline: Gloria Gonzales Daily News Staff Writer Members of the Southern California Southern California, also colloquially known as SoCal, is the southern portion of the U.S. state of California. Centered on the cities of Los Angeles and San Diego, Southern California is home to nearly 24 million people and is the nation's second most populated region, Jewish community walked through the hills just north of the Ronald Reagan Freeway, sprinkling dirt from Israel along the paths of what will become a memorial park. About 300 members of several temple congregations arrived at the 162-acre site just north of Yosemite Avenue to help dedicate ded·i·cate tr.v. ded·i·cat·ed, ded·i·cat·ing, ded·i·cates 1. To set apart for a deity or for religious purposes; consecrate. 2. the newest Mount Sinai Memorial Park on Sunday morning Sunday Morning may refer to:
When complete, the park will include burial places any place where burials are made. See also: Burial , mausoleums, a chapel, a bridge, water features and a Jewish study center, said Arnold Salzman, the park's general manager. The memorial park is expected to meet the burial needs of the Southern California Jewish community for the next 250 years, Salzman said. On Sunday, rabbis, cantors, children and adult congregants helped dedicate and consecrate con·se·crate tr.v. con·se·crat·ed, con·se·crat·ing, con·se·crates 1. To declare or set apart as sacred: consecrate a church. 2. Christianity a. the ground through ceremonies, speeches and music. The day began with rabbis leading their congregations through four stations in the park, with groups singing and praying at each station. ``This dirt is mixed with dirt from Jerusalem. Take a handful and sprinkle it on the ground when he blows the shofar,'' said Joann Siegal, a volunteer who herded about 50 children from Temple B'nai Hayimi in Sherman Oaks from station to station. ``Sprinkling this ground with earth from Israel consecrates this ground,'' Siegal instructed the children, many of whom carried small Torahs. ``They are the five books of Moses,'' Salzman said. ``And we carry them because the Jews carried it throughout the years as they moved from location to location. It shows a bond with our ancestors Our Ancestors (Italian: I Nostri Antenati) is the name of Italo Calvino's "heraldic trilogy" that comprises The Cloven Viscount (1952), The Baron in the Trees (1957), and The Nonexistent Knight (1959). , carrying the Torah from station to station.'' In each group, adults explained the earth-sprinkling ritual to children. ``Will they have another ceremony when they bury the first person here?'' Sami Reznick of Encino asked his grandfather, Edward Kamenir of Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. . ``The family may,'' Kamenir answered. ``But we're here to consecrate this ground with earth from Israel.'' Rabbi Zvi Dershowitz of Sinai Temple, Los Angeles, reminded those gathered that building a resting place for future generations was a holy obligation. ``This place is for the congregation and for the community, but for others as well,'' Dershowitz said. ``It is for those beyond this time - and we are privileged to complete this duty, it is a mitzvah (good deed) of the highest order.'' |
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