Chevra Kadisha - Paintings

Triple Bow: Ritual Tying of a Sash Around the Deceased

Thresholds - Jewish Rituals of Death and Mourning - Preparing to Tie the Ritual Sash Around the Deceased

Thresholds: Jewish Rituals of Death and Mourning - Placing the Deceased Into the Casket

Study for Placing the Deceased Into the Casket

Shmirah: The Vigil Over the Deceased

Draping the Sheet: Protecting the Modesty of the Deceased

Angels of Mercy Embrace the Deceased

"And You Will Be Purified Of All Your Defilements" (Ezekiel 36:25)

The Unknowable

Thresholds: Attending Grandmother's Passing

Purification: The Moment of the Ritual

The Ritual of Purification: Pouring the Second Bucket

A Visit with the Ill

"With a searing breath" (Isaiah 4:4)

Study for Washing the Body

Study for Washing the Body (in Pink)

Study for Taharah

In the Taharah Room

Dressing the Metah in a Kittel

Carol

Study for Visiting the Ill

Study for Taharah: Pouring the Second Bucket

Study #2 for Taharah: Pouring the Second Bucket

Study #2 for Washing the Body

Study #3 for Taharah: Pouring the Second Bucket

Taharah: Preparing the Dead

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