Journey to Greece 2024: Solonika - The Site of the Jewish Cemetery of Solonika

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The opening of this shiur, in Rabbi Daniel Glatstein’s own words — taken from the captions, so names and Hebrew terms may be approximate.

commun of thiki erected this Monument well thank you to the Aristotle University because part of the Aristotle University is built with The Monuments and the Mato that used to be in this Cemetery till today some of the building comes from the Mato that were here you know it's just impossible to know never was I in an ancient and historic Jewish community that there's no relic of the past we mentioned how many thousands of gum lived here there is no question there's not a doubt in anyone's mind that they were not origin anyone's mind that they were not origin buried right over here on this land that we're we're stepping on it's Mish admas Kesh here it says you're stepping on sacred ground you're stepping on what is left of the largest nicopolis of the East you're stepping on the place where the Jews of the saloniki were buried for centuries strong Spirits kind Souls of the most Vibrant Community of the Mediterranean have found their final rest their graves spread out high on the Hills all the way up until 1943

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1. 0:30commun of thiki erected this Monument well thank you to the Aristotle University because part of…
2. 1:00anyone's mind that they were not origin buried right over here on this land that we're…
3. 1:30Hills all the way up until 1943 when the forces of evil crushed human substance but…
4. 2:00burnt down a lot of the city which by by the way was caused by a…
5. 2:32Monuments in the Greek Orthodox Churches the the university aristot university was built from the Mato…
6. 3:04reached so far that even in khaliki khaliki they have Mato in the walls and on…

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