Leaving rocks or stones after visiting someone's grave is a Jewish custom.
“... Unique to Jewish tradition, however, is the custom of placing pebbles, stones, and small rocks on Jewish graves. … the origin of mourners leaving pebbles, stones or rocks at the site of Jewish graves is unfortunately lost to time. Many theories exist, however, ...”
Read more: Why Mourners Place Stones on Jewish Graves
The referenced article discusses eight (8) theories. As a student of the Bible, before reading this article, I immediately thought about Theory No. 3: God commanded Joshua to create a memorial in Jordan comprising 12 stones that would represent the "children of Israel for ever." Check out the article to read the other seven (7) theories. It's very interesting.
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