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Silver presentation trowel
[nb-NO]Object number[nb-NO]M2007/089:003
[nb-NO]Title[nb-NO]Silver presentation trowel
[nb-NO]Description[nb-NO]Silver 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.
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.
[nb-NO]Date[nb-NO] 1948-06-27 - 1948-06-27
[nb-NO]Subject[nb-NO]Australian Jewish history, burial
[nb-NO]Object name[nb-NO]presentation pieces
[nb-NO]Material[nb-NO]silver
[nb-NO]Credit line[nb-NO]Sydney Jewish Museum Collection, Donated by the Australian Jewish Historical Society