Givat Shaul Cemetery

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Givat Shaul Cemetery, also known as Har HaMenuchot, is a major Jewish burial ground in Jerusalem and one of Israel’s largest and most prominent cemeteries.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Jewish cemetery
burial ground
cemetery
religious site
adjacentTo Givat Shaul industrial area
Jerusalem–Tel Aviv Highway (Highway 1)
alsoKnownAs Har HaMenuchos
linked to: Har HaMenuchot

Har HaMenuchot
burialTradition Jewish halachic burial practices
continent Asia
country Israel
culturalRole central burial place for Jerusalem’s religious population
important pilgrimage site for some Jewish communities
denomination Haredi Judaism
linked to: Haredi Jews

Orthodox Judaism
Religious Zionist Judaism
established mid-20th century
hasFeature multi-level burial structures
ohelim over graves of prominent rabbis
roads and paths for funeral processions
separate sections for different communities
terraced burial areas
view over Jerusalem
hasSection Ashkenazi section
Haredi section
Holocaust survivors’ section
Sephardi section
military section
languageOfSignage English
Hebrew
locatedIn Jerusalem
western Jerusalem
linked to: West Jerusalem
locatedInNeighborhood Givat Shaul
locatedOn a hill west of Jerusalem city center
notableFor graves of cultural figures
graves of political figures
graves of prominent rabbis
large number of visitors on yahrzeit dates
operatedBy Chevra Kadisha organizations
Jerusalem municipality
region Jerusalem District
religion Judaism
significance major burial site for religious Jewish communities
one of Israel’s largest cemeteries
one of Jerusalem’s main Jewish cemeteries
usedFor Jewish burials
family plots
rabbinic burials

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Har HaMenuchot hasAlternativeName Givat Shaul Cemetery
Ovadia Yosef burialPlace Har HaMenuchot cemetery, Jerusalem
subject linked to: Rabbi Ovadia Yosef
linked to: Givat Shaul Cemetery
Givat Shaul adjacentTo Har HaMenuchot cemetery
subject linked to: Givat Shaul neighborhood
linked to: Givat Shaul Cemetery
Rabbi Yehuda Leib Ashlag burialPlace Har HaMenuchot cemetery
linked to: Givat Shaul Cemetery
Zevulun Hammer buriedAt Har HaMenuchot cemetery
linked to: Givat Shaul Cemetery