Hard to See, but Worth the Effort

The picture is of the single remaining grave marker in a very old, once abandoned and later refound Jewish cemetery in Biloxi, MS. The inhabitant was born in Paris, France and probably came through New Orleans to Biloxi in order to escape disease, only to die of illness here. The Jewish community inherited and maintains this beit olam, or eternal abode.

Can look closely at the picture? It shows the graphic engraved on the marker. There is a hand holding a water pitcher. The man was a Levite. In the Bible, Levites, among other jobs, washed the hands of the sons of Aaron. In traditional synagogues the custom is maintained today.

Then on the way to lunch we passes President Jefferson Davis's house.

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