Good news for the residents of Bnei Brak: according to a new agreement, signed between the municipality of Bnei Brak and the municipality of Elad and in partnership with the Tel Aviv Kadisha company and the Petah Tikva Kadisha company - the residents of Bnei Brak will be entitled to a free burial in the new cemetery in the city of Elad.
The new cemetery, which bears the name "Lahaim", is located within the boundaries of the city of Elad, 15 minutes from Bnei Brak.
At the end of a long struggle, the municipality of Bnei Brak reached an agreement with the municipality of Elad headed by Rabbi Israel Parosh, to allocate unlimited burial places to the residents of the city of Bnei Brak.
The municipality of Bnei Brak will participate in the costs of establishing and developing the new cemetery in Elad through a special budget, and the residents of the city will be entitled to a religious and proper burial at no cost.
"Long live" the new cemetery for the residents of Bnei Brak in the town of Elad (photo: official website, photo: Elad Council)
"This is a historic and special day in the annals of the city of Bnei Brak," said the mayor of Bnei Brak, Rabbi Avraham Rubinstein.
According to him, "For the first time in a hundred years, Bnei Brak, the largest Jewish metropolis in the entire world, has its own cemetery at no cost and without any consideration, and to be buried religiously and properly in accordance with the will of the city and its community. This is how this acute issue, which sat like a terrible millstone on the necks of Thousands of families in the city during the most difficult times. Bnei Brak is privileged to bring about a change from one end to the other, a change that was achieved with true dedication and great work by the municipal staff and the staff of the mayor's office, the municipality of Elad led by my friend Rabbi Yisrael Parosh who devoted himself to the issue with all his heart, the management of the Kadisha society and all partners in the effort This capital, which is all kindness to the living and the dead and sanctification in heaven."
The mayor of Elad, Rabbi Yisrael Parosh, who initiated and worked to establish the cemetery, said that "We pray that we will not have to use the cemetery and that our righteous Messiah will come soon, but unfortunately we are often required to help families who have to bury their dead at very high costs, so we worked to arrange a cemetery in Elad, and "D We saw a blessing in our labor"
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