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Jewish funeral rites and ceremonies

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Collection on Jewish Customs

 Collection
Identifier: RG 41
Abstract

The collection consists of materials relating to Jewish religious life in Europe from the 1830s to the 1930s. Topics include: marriages, births, divorces, deaths, bar mitzvahs, holidays, the Sabbath, daily customs, ritual slaughter (shehitah), ritual baths, mezuzahs, prayers, rabbis. Items include: marriage contracts, divorce deeds, wedding invitations, birth announcements, bar mitzvah speeches, New Year's cards, correspondence, photographs.

Dates: 1817-1941
Found in: YIVO Institute for Jewish Research / Collection on Jewish Customs

Eric Rau Collection.

 Collection
Identifier: AR 10550
Abstract

Cantorial records

Dates: [unknown]
Found in: Leo Baeck Institute / Eric Rau Collection.

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