Why do we carry the dead? Jews do not leave their dead behind

Whydowecarrythedead?JewsdonotleavetheirdeadbehindByYaelEckstein,VoicesContributorThursday,April17,2025Amanwearingashirtthatreads,“wewontforget7.10.23”holdsawoman’shandwhilevisitingtheNovafestivalmemorialsiteonOct.04,2024,inRe’im,Israel.OverthelastfewmonthsthegroundsaroundRe’imParkhavebeenturnedintoamemorialforthevictims,andhostagesfromtheNovamusicfestivalwhichwasattackedbyHamasonthemorningofOct.7th.Thesitehasbeenexpandedtoincludestoriesofthevictims,includingfirstresponders,police,andmilitary,withotherlargepersonalizedmemorials.OnOct.7,2023,membersofHamasmountedaseriesofattacksandraidsonIsraelicitizensintheGazaEnvelopeborderareaofIsrael.Some251Israelisandforeignerswerekidnappedwithnearly100stillunaccountedforand1,139peoplewerekilled.|AlexiJ.Rosenfeld/GettyImagesPassoveristhetimeofstorytelling.Thetimeofremembering.Thetimeofpassingdownwhatmustneverbeforgotten. Wesitaroundthesedertable.Childrenask,parents