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Why restore a cemetery?
Chesed-Shel-Emes describes those involved in the mitzvah of burying the dead. In the Torah, Jacob summoned his son Joseph to his bedside and requested “You shall perform with me kindness and truth (Chesed V’Emes), please do not bury me in Egypt” [B’reishit (Genesis), 47:29]. The great scholar Rashi explained why this particular act of kindness is truer than others. He wrote that this is one chesed, kindness, that can never be reciprocated since the recipient is dead. The old section is overgrown with mature trees that, by Jewish law, limit restoration. The new section has hundreds of neglected matzevot (headstones) and two mass graves of Shoah victims. The unwanted growth can be removed to reveal many matzevot. The purpose of this website is to raise money for that work, estimated to cost $6,000.
The descendants of Krynki wish to fulfill this mitzvah by restoring their ancestral cemetery just as they visit cemeteries in their home countries today.
Chesed-Shel-Emes describes those involved in the mitzvah of burying the dead. In the Torah, Jacob summoned his son Joseph to his bedside and requested “You shall perform with me kindness and truth (Chesed V’Emes), please do not bury me in Egypt” [B’reishit (Genesis), 47:29]. The great scholar Rashi explained why this particular act of kindness is truer than others. He wrote that this is one chesed, kindness, that can never be reciprocated since the recipient is dead. The old section is overgrown with mature trees that, by Jewish law, limit restoration. The new section has hundreds of neglected matzevot (headstones) and two mass graves of Shoah victims. The unwanted growth can be removed to reveal many matzevot. The purpose of this website is to raise money for that work, estimated to cost $6,000.
The descendants of Krynki wish to fulfill this mitzvah by restoring their ancestral cemetery just as they visit cemeteries in their home countries today.
Please click on either "Donate" button on this page to make your donation by credit card or Pay Pal. FJHP is an IRS-approved 501 (c) (3) public charity qualified to receive tax deductible gifts and Qualified Charitable Deductions from IRA required minimum distributions. To learn more about how donations are handled or to mail a check, please obtain information here. To donate by check, please write "Krynki" in the memo line and mail your check to Friends of Jewish Heritage in Poland, P.O. Box 582, Boca Raton, FL 33429-0582.
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LINKS:
National Institute of Cultural Heritage
Krynki Virtual Verein, a descendant group on facebook
National Institute of Cultural Heritage
Krynki Virtual Verein, a descendant group on facebook