Image: Alex Zilich
Description
Alex Zilich, Manager, Sydney Chevra Kadisha.
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The Chevra Kadisha (holy society) is a funeral director service for Jews. The body is brought to the facility immediately after death. A Jewish person must remain with the body until burial. The people carrying out the Tahara (ritual washing and preparing of the deceased) must be the same sex as the deceased.
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