Many Nazi death camps were in Poland. The camps murdered millions of Jews, most in gas chambers. They cremated the human remains. Tens of thousands of metric pounds of human ashes were given to Polish farmers to spread among their fields as fertilizer. The rest were either buried or dumped into nearby rivers.
'Ashes to Ashes'.
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Actually the Jews used to wear sackcloth and ashes when they repented or mourned. Like Mordechai did in Esther.
Ashes to Ashes
Ashes can often be obtained by burning organic materials such as wood or paper. Alternatively, ashes from crematoriums can be provided for religious or memorial purposes. It is important to ensure that collecting ashes is done legally and respectfully.
Esther 4:1 - When Mordecai learned all that had happened, he tore his clothes and put on sackcloth and ashes, and went out into the midst of the city. He cried out with a loud and bitter cry. Esther 4:3 - And in every province where the king's command and decree arrived, there was great mourning among the Jews, with fasting, weeping, and wailing; and many lay in sackcloth and ashes. Isaiah 58:5 - Is it a fast that I have chosen, A day for a man to afflict his soul? Is it to bow down his head like a bulrush, And to spread out sackcloth and ashes? Would you call this a fast, And an acceptable day to the Lord? Matthew 11:21 - Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the mighty works which were done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes. Luke 10:13 - Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the mighty works which were done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago, sitting in sackcloth and ashes.
Observant jews bury the dead in a wood casket. Jews do not embalm the dead and the casket is buried directly in a grave. Judaism does not permit burial vaults and believes "ashes tto ashes, dust to dust". In Israel caskets are not used.
yes. every catholic - pope included - wear ashes on Ash Wednesday. they are obliged to.
yes it can and was first done in the 1800s
Ashes Ashes was created in 2001.
Many times on the Tuesday before Ash Wednesday, but there is no liturgical norm. The ashes come from the Palms which were given out on the previous Palm Sunday, gathered, burnt, Symbolism "ashes to ashes..." How quickly we were to turn our back on Christ, from the celebration on His entrance into Jerusalem to our turning our back on Him on Good Friday.The early christians used ash on their foreheads as the Jews used it during fasting and repenting time.
gas the jews