בֵּית עוֹלָם

ביטוי (אנגלית)

Cemetery

הגדרה (אנגלית)

A burial place. Cemetery.

("'For man goes to his eternal home' – it is not said 'the eternal home', but 'his home', teaching that each righteous person has his own world" – Vayikra Rabbah (Vilna), Parashat Metzora 18; and: "Some attained fame through their great rabbis, and some attained fame in the cemeteries in which they were" – Agnon / Temol Shilshom, 9; and: "And the righteous people eat hard-boiled eggs only on Passover night or, alternatively, at the recovery feast, upon returning from the cemetery" – Chaim Be’er / Notzot, 73)