Venue: Tifereth Israel (Passaic, NJ) Tifereth Israel (Passaic, NJ)

Halacha:

Aveilut,  Death and Burial 

Collections: R' Aaron Cohen Teshuvos Mi'maamakim

Description

Rav Oshry describes the wholesale destruction of Jewish cemeteries throughout Lithuania by the Nazis and their Lithuanian accomplices. A Mr. Segal posed the following Shaila to Rav Oshry: The tombstones of his parents’ graves had been destroyed and it was impossible to identify the location of their burial within the cemetery. Should he set up a Matzeiva (tombstone) memorializing his parents in the cemetery, even if it would not be located where they were buried?