[Hope]

There are a couple of reasons why Jews leave stones on headstones. The first is simply as a sort of guest book - to show that someone has been there. The second is to differentiate Jews from Christians. Jews have always had strict laws about burial - that the dead must be buried within 3 days of death - and Christians have not. This is how the custom of Christians bringing flowers began - because before embalming, when you waited to bury someone, they started to smell. That's why Jews usually do not bring flowers - bringing stones was a way of showing that we were Jews, not Christians.

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Name : Hope, Gender : Female, Sexual Orientation : Bisexual, Religion : Jewish, Age : 38, City : Pittsburgh, State : PA Country : United States, Education level : 4 Years of College,