May 22 2010 at 2 49 pm that is soooo awesome.
Marbles left behind in a grave.
I have no idea what it means.
No matter what the original intention of the coin leaver may be it seems clear that a coin left on a headstone is a symbol of remembrance and respect.
The pebble may go back 6000bc years to a community in turkey that left pebble size figures of mom and pop at the grave sites.
I would also like to do that.
We left the stones at the grave site.
Then i read the part in your story about how merle said that your marbles symbolized gathering insight and making progress towards your goals and everything clicked for me.
Collecting marbles is a game and the person with the greatest skill is the winner.
I looked down and there was a giant glass marble.
These maybe our source people for our spiritual customs.
I have found over 30 marbles over the past 6 or 7 years.
We are an ancestor friendly people.
With regard to history all and i mean all rabbinic comments are suspect.
Once i had not found a marble in quite a while and was mulling that over while walking my dog.
Additionally sometimes coins are left as a down payment for the deceased a promise to buy their comrade a drink in the afterlife.
Winning at marble collecting requires practice and knowledge and is not child s play.
Identifying rare marbles requires playing with the big boys by reading their books attending marble shows and shopping where you can engage in.
Thanks for the comment.