Har HaMenuchot (Hebrew: הר המנוחות, "Mount of Rest", Ashkenazi pronunciation, Har HaMenuchos, also known as the Givat Shaul cemetery in Jerusalem) is the largest cemetery in Jerusalem, Israel. It is at the west edge of the city adjacent to the neighborhood of Givat Shaul, with commanding views of Mevaseret Zion to the north, Motza to the west, and Har Nof to the south.
When Har HaMenuchot opened in 1951, it greatly expanded Jerusalem's capacity ...
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Har HaMenuchot (Hebrew: הר המנוחות, "Mount of Rest", Ashkenazi pronunciation, Har HaMenuchos, also known as the Givat Shaul cemetery in Jerusalem) is the largest cemetery in Jerusalem, Israel. It is at the west edge of the city adjacent to the neighborhood of Givat Shaul, with commanding views of Mevaseret Zion to the north, Motza to the west, and Har Nof to the south.
When Har HaMenuchot opened in 1951, it greatly expanded Jerusalem's capacity for burials, as the only other large cemetery available until that time was the centuries-old burial ground on Har HaZeitim (the Mount of Olives). Today, burials are conducted in Har HaMenuchot, Har HaZeitim, and the small Sanhedria cemetery near the center of town.
As the official municipal burial ground, it accommodates free burials for Israeli citizens (although the choice of plot is left to the municipal chevra kadisha, and if a spouse wishes to be buried in the adjacent plot, he or she must pay for the second plot).
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