Har HaMenuchot
Har HaMenuchot (הר המנוחות), also known as Givat Shaul Cemetery is the second largest cemetery in Jerusalem. It is located on the western edge of Jerusalem. It opened in 1951 after the Mount of Olives cemetery was captured by Jordan in 1948. The mountain is 750 meters above the sea level and next to Jerusalem Forest.
Elevation | 750 m (2,461 ft) |
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Listing | Judaean Mountains |
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Location | Jerusalem |
Har HaMenuchot Media
The names of family members killed in the Holocaust are engraved on the side of the grave of Chava Esther Wachtfogel (right), wife of Rabbi Nosson Meir Wachtfogel (grave at left).
A man prays at the tomb of Aharon Rokeach, the fourth Belzer rebbe.
Grave of Rabbi Moshe Feinstein.
Grave of Rabbi Shlomo Carlebach, with Hebrew and English inscriptions.
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