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Actions Displays	Trauer album Remove from selection Add to selection Object numberM2017/007:103 TitleTrauer album DescriptionYahrzeit (anniversary of death) book-calendar, Vienna, Austria, 1927. Trauer is German for ‘period of mourning’. The book commemorates the death of Hermine Stern and Samuel Stern, with their deaths 5 years apart. Yahrzeit is traditionally observed on the annual date of a relative’s death according to the Hebrew calendar. Other rituals performed as part of the commemoration include the lighting of a Yahrzeit candle, fasting and the recital of mourning prayers. This Trauer Album was compiled in 1927 by Samuel Stern, husband of Hermine Stern. Iconography within the album features a sketch of Abraham burying his wife Sarah. Production date SubjectReligious, Judaism, memory, love, Remembrance, manners & customs, families Object nameYahrzeit calendars Materialpaper, fibres (fabrics) Dimensions album closed length: 175.00 mm height: 250.00 mm album opened length: 300.00 mm Language German Credit lineSydney Jewish Museum Collection, Donated by Len Mahemoff

Object numberM2017/007:103

TitleTrauer album

DescriptionYahrzeit (anniversary of death) book-calendar, Vienna, Austria, 1927. Trauer is German for ‘period of mourning’. The book commemorates the death of Hermine Stern and Samuel Stern, with their deaths 5 years apart. Yahrzeit is traditionally observed on the annual date of a relative’s death according to the Hebrew calendar. Other rituals performed as part of the commemoration include the lighting of a Yahrzeit candle, fasting and the recital of mourning prayers.

This Trauer Album was compiled in 1927 by Samuel Stern, husband of Hermine Stern.

Iconography within the album features a sketch of Abraham burying his wife Sarah.

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SubjectReligious, Judaism, memory, love, Remembrance, manners & customs, families

Object nameYahrzeit calendars

Materialpaper, fibres (fabrics)

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Credit lineSydney Jewish Museum Collection, Donated by Len Mahemoff

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