280 – Rock of Israel sculpture @ Peoria Hebrew Cemetery
Peoria Landmark #280
Its a Rock Of Israel sculpture at the Hebrew Cemetery. Rocks are left on graves in part to symbolize the early days when graves were a mound of stones. It also shows the solidarity of faith, in this case Jewish, to be strong like a rock. Rocks are left on graves to show someone was there.
Interesting. Always wondered what the symbolism was.
March 18th, 2009 at 12:36 am
Its a Rock Of Israel sculpture at the Hebrew Cemetery. Rocks are left on graves in part to symbolize the early days when graves were a mound of stones. It also shows the solidarity of faith, in this case Jewish, to be strong like a rock. Rocks are left on graves to show someone was there.