Operation of the Jewish sections of Mount Hope is overseen by the Cemetery Committee of Sinai Temple. Buying Burial Rights Rights to burial in the Jewish sections of Mount Hope are normally sold by the Sinai Temple Cemetery Committee. A portion of the purchase price for burial rights goes into a state-controlled trust fund for endowed care of the space. At the time the burial rights are used, other costs will be incurred.
Burial rights are also sometimes available for resale by former owners who have left the community.
If you arrange for private repurchase of burial rights, you must register the change with the Cemetery Committee. Mount Hope does not permit burial in the Jewish sections without permission of the Cemetery Committee, which verifies ownership of burial rights at the time of use. So it is vital that the Cemetery Committee knows that a change in ownership of burial rights to a particular plot has been made. Purchases of burial rights directly from Sinai Temple are automatically registered with Mount Hope and the Committee, thus avoiding potential problems at the time of use. The Reform Rabbinate has decreed that mausoleum interment is acceptable for members of the Reform tradition.