Jewish Burial Society: Sewing the Shrouds and The Washing of the Body

Artist Unknown

ca. 1780

These images from a series depict acts of loving-kindness to the dead performed by members of the Jewish burial society, or ḥevrah kadisha, in Prague. Participation in this voluntary society, for men and women, was considered a great honor and an act of ultimate generosity.

Credits

  1. © Jewish Museum in Prague.

  2. © Jewish Museum in Prague.

Published in: The Posen Library of Jewish Culture and Civilization, vol. 6.

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