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{{Expand Hebrew|אתרא_קדישא|date=April 2020}}'''Asra Kadisha''' (The Committee for the Preservation of Gravesites) is an organization for the preservation of [[Jewish cemeteries]] and gravesites throughout the world.<ref name=ami/> The organization attempts to avoid desecration of ancient gravesites by preventing construction in their vicinity.<ref>{{cite news|date=27 Mar 2010|script-title=he: מעוניין לטרפד תוכנית בנייה בארץ? כל שעלייך לעשות הוא למצוא קבר עתיק |url=http://www.haaretz.co.il/misc/1.1194966|newspaper=[[Haaretz]]|language=he|access-date=November 2, 2016}}</ref> It was established by Rabbi [[Yitzchok Zev Soloveitchik]] in 1959 as a response to excavations at [[Beit She'arim National Park]], and has been headed for many years by Rabbi [[Dovid Shmidel]].<ref name=ami>{{cite magazine|last=Frankfurter|first=Yitzchok|author-link=|date=September 15, 2013|title=The Defender of the Deceased|url=https://issuu.com/amimagazine/docs/epub_ami136|magazine=[[Ami (magazine)|Ami]]|issue=136|page=|pages=120–126|access-date=Nov 2, 2016}}</ref>
{{Expand Hebrew|אתרא_קדישא|date=April 2020}}'''Asra Kadisha''' (The Committee for the Preservation of Gravesites) is an organization for the preservation of [[Jewish cemeteries]] and gravesites throughout the world.<ref name=ami/> The organization attempts to avoid desecration of ancient gravesites by preventing construction in their vicinity.<ref>{{cite news|date=27 Mar 2010|script-title=he: מעוניין לטרפד תוכנית בנייה בארץ? כל שעלייך לעשות הוא למצוא קבר עתיק |url=http://www.haaretz.co.il/misc/1.1194966|newspaper=[[Haaretz]]|language=he|access-date=November 2, 2016}}</ref> It was established by Rabbi [[Yitzchok Zev Soloveitchik]] in 1959 as a response to excavations at [[Beit She'arim National Park]], and has been headed for many years by Rabbi [[Dovid Shmidel]].<ref name=ami>{{cite magazine|last=Frankfurter|first=Yitzchok|date=September 15, 2013|title=The Defender of the Deceased|url=https://issuu.com/amimagazine/docs/epub_ami136|magazine=[[Ami (magazine)|Ami]]|issue=136|pages=120–126|access-date=Nov 2, 2016}}</ref>


According to Rabbi Shmidel, Rabbi Soloveitchik was asked by Rabbi [[Joel Teitelbaum]] to create Asra Kadisha.<ref name=ami/>
According to Rabbi Shmidel, Rabbi Soloveitchik was asked by Rabbi [[Joel Teitelbaum]] to create Asra Kadisha.<ref name=ami/>

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Asra Kadisha (The Committee for the Preservation of Gravesites) is an organization for the preservation of Jewish cemeteries and gravesites throughout the world.[1] The organization attempts to avoid desecration of ancient gravesites by preventing construction in their vicinity.[2] It was established by Rabbi Yitzchok Zev Soloveitchik in 1959 as a response to excavations at Beit She'arim National Park, and has been headed for many years by Rabbi Dovid Shmidel.[1]

According to Rabbi Shmidel, Rabbi Soloveitchik was asked by Rabbi Joel Teitelbaum to create Asra Kadisha.[1]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c Frankfurter, Yitzchok (September 15, 2013). "The Defender of the Deceased". Ami. No. 136. pp. 120–126. Retrieved Nov 2, 2016.
  2. ^ מעוניין לטרפד תוכנית בנייה בארץ? כל שעלייך לעשות הוא למצוא קבר עתיק. Haaretz (in Hebrew). 27 Mar 2010. Retrieved November 2, 2016.
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