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The
custom of burial dates back to
the Bible. According to the Book
of Genesis, when Sarah died, Abraham
established burial in the ground
as the proper final resting place
for the body of a deceased Jew.
It fulfills the Jewish sense of
completion - we are formed from
the dust of the earth and to the
dust of the earth we are returned.
Listen
to Rabbi Walter's sermon about
cemeteries and Jewish tradition.
Located at 8341 Bissonnet, Emanu
El Memorial Park was established
in 1944 shortly after the formation
of the congregation. In the cemetery's
original platting, an oval was
designated in the center for a
chapel and members of the congregation
planted trees around the perimeter
as a first step toward setting
this land apart. A generous gift
from Anne & Morris Kagan,
Edna & Israel Rudy in 1980
set the process in motion to build
the Kagan-Rudy Chapel, designed
by Clovis Heimsath.
Emanu
El Memorial Park is open from
8 to 6 in the summer and 9 to
5 in the winter, Sunday through
Friday. It is closed on Shabbat
and on Jewish Holidays and certain
secular holidays.
For information, please contact
Jennifer LaCour at the Temple,
713-529-5771, ext. 213 or jenniferl@emanuelhouston.org.
(See
a map to this location)

Kagan-Rudy Chapel
at the Emanu El Memorial Park
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