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Item Specifics
- Book Title: Service for Preparing the Dead for Burial
- Hebrew Title: Seder Rehitzat HaMet / סדר רחיצת המת
- Organization: Congregation Shearith Israel
- Publisher: Society “Hebra Hased Va-Amet”
- Publication Year: 1913
- Hebrew Year: 5673
- Edition: First Edition
- Language: Hebrew & English
- Format: Hardcover
- Binding: Black Cloth Hardcover
- Place of Publication: New York, USA
- Religion: Judaism
- Tradition: Sephardic / Spanish & Portuguese
- Topic: Tahara / Jewish Burial Customs / Funeral Rites
- Genre: Religion / Judaica
- Vintage: Yes
- Antiquarian: Yes
- Original/Facsimile: Original
- ISBN: Does Not Apply
Bauman describes the original 1913 issue as a slim octavo in original gilt-stamped black cloth, matching the style of your copy.
Description
Rare 1913 First Edition Service for Preparing the Dead for Burial, published for the historic Spanish and Portuguese Congregation Shearith Israel of New York City.
Published by the Society “Hebra Hased Va-Amet” in New York in Hebrew year 5673 / 1913.
This Hebrew-English Judaica volume provides the traditional service and instructions for preparing the deceased for Jewish burial according to the customs of Congregation Shearith Israel. It includes prayers in Hebrew and instructions relating to Tahara, the ritual washing and preparation of the deceased.
The title page notes that Hebra Hased Va-Amet was founded in New York in 1802 and incorporated in 1857.
A scarce early 20th-century American Judaica publication of particular interest to collectors of Sephardic history, Jewish Americana, Jewish funeral customs, Congregation Shearith Israel material, and antique Hebrew books.
