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Actions Displays	Silver presentation trowel Remove from selection Add to selection Object numberM2007/089:003 TitleSilver presentation trowel DescriptionSilver trowel with black handle presented to Sir Samuel Cohen on the laying of the foundation stone for the Tahara House Funeral Parlour and Hall of Remembrance on Sunday 27 June 1948. Tahara is the Jewish tradition of washing and purifying of a dead body, considered one of the greatest of all good deads (mitzvot). Those who perform taharas are volunteer members of the burial society, chevra kadisha. Women attend to deceased women, men to men. Production date 1948-06-27 - 1948-06-27 SubjectAustralian Jewish history, burial Object namepresentation pieces Materialsilver Credit lineSydney Jewish Museum Collection, Donated by the Australian Jewish Historical Society

Object numberM2007/089:003

TitleSilver presentation trowel

DescriptionSilver trowel with black handle presented to Sir Samuel Cohen on the laying of the foundation stone for the Tahara House Funeral Parlour and Hall of Remembrance on Sunday 27 June 1948.

Tahara is the Jewish tradition of washing and purifying of a dead body, considered one of the greatest of all good deads (mitzvot). Those who perform taharas are volunteer members of the burial society, chevra kadisha. Women attend to deceased women, men to men.

Production date 1948-06-27 - 1948-06-27

SubjectAustralian Jewish history, burial

Object namepresentation pieces

Materialsilver

Credit lineSydney Jewish Museum Collection, Donated by the Australian Jewish Historical Society

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