Chevra Kadisha Sh’mira Readings Project
Kehilla’s Chevra Kadisha is pleased to announce the completion of our “Sh’mira Readings Project.” We now have two beautiful volumes that can be used by the shomrim (“watchers”) –those […]
Performing the Mitzvah of Shmira
by the Chevra Kadisha Shmira is the simple and ancient practice of sitting with a person who has died from time of death to burial or cremation.* This practice binds […]
Shmira: The Mitzvah of Being Present for the Dead
by the Chevra Kadisha In order to honor the deceased, and to comfort the mourners, Jewish rituals and practices at the time of death have evolved. Kehilla’s Chevra Kadisha […]