Interestingly, the legend of Rabbi Moses Sofer was so great that his grave, as well as the grave of his son and a few other graves, was not dug up and remain buried in a catacomb underneath that highway. There is a stairway that one can descend under the highway, as cars drive overhead, to see the grave of Rabbi Moses Sofer and a monument.(MORE)
Turning Jewish Cemeteries Into Soccer Fields
Labels: cemetery» Elizabeth New Jersey» Gaon of Vilna» graveyard» Olympics» Rabbi Moses Sofer» Rabbi Pinchas Teitz» Spain» VilnaInterestingly, the legend of Rabbi Moses Sofer was so great that his grave, as well as the grave of his son and a few other graves, was not dug up and remain buried in a catacomb underneath that highway. There is a stairway that one can descend under the highway, as cars drive overhead, to see the grave of Rabbi Moses Sofer and a monument.(MORE)