{"id":43723,"date":"2022-01-07T13:38:41","date_gmt":"2022-01-07T13:38:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kolshearith.org\/jevra-kadisha"},"modified":"2025-07-24T20:23:58","modified_gmt":"2025-07-24T20:23:58","slug":"jevra-kadisha","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.kolshearith.org\/en\/jevra-kadisha","title":{"rendered":"Jevra Kadisha"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"43723\" class=\"elementor elementor-43723 elementor-17542\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7e4a5290 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7e4a5290\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 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style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><strong><i>Jevra Kadisha<\/i><\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (literally the <span class=\"ILfuVd\"><span class=\"hgKElc\">&#8220;<\/span><\/span>sacred society<span class=\"ILfuVd\"><span class=\"hgKElc\">&#8220;<\/span><\/span>) is the group of volunteers, both men and women, responsible for preparing the body of a deceased person for burial according to the provisions of Jewish tradition. <\/span> <\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Its members are the ones who carry out the <\/span><strong><i>Tahara<\/i><\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> or purification, which includes the cleansing of the body and its clothing with the shrouds (<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">tajrijim<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">).<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In addition, we have volunteers who perform the <\/span><strong><i>Shmirah<\/i><\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 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