Q: What is the Cemetery Clean-Up Project?
A: HFBA established the Cemetery Clean-Up Project to ensure that Silver Lake Cemetery, their first, is properly maintained. Volunteers perform the mitzvah of chesed shel emet, doing a kindness that cannot be repaid, helping maintain the cemetery.
Q: What do the volunteers do?
A: Volunteers rake leaves, clear downed branches, and remove other debris from the cemetery.
Q: I’m concerned about my children being in a cemetery. Should I be?
A: Not at all. Another by product of the Cemetery Clean-Up Project is to properly educate students about Jewish burial rites, in an age appropriate manner. We teach students that cemeteries are not intrinsically scary places, and that our history needs to be remembered and respected. Over 1,000 volunteers participate each year in the program, with ages ranging from two years old to the mid nineties.
Q: What supplies are needed?
A: HFBA provides gloves, rakes, and bags. If you wish to bring your own additional supplies, you are welcome to do so.
Q: Where can I learn more about the Hebrew Free Burial Association and the Cemetery Clean-Up Project?
A: Please visit our website, www.hebrewfreeburial.org to learn more. You can watch our short video, as well as visit the volunteer section on the site.
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