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Yahrzeit (Remembrance) Lamp, circa 1950

Item

Identifier: B188.01.0001.00002

Abstract

A bronze colored electrical lamp base. Remembrance lamps are designed to keep a Yahrzeit light burning on the day of Yahrzeit (''Time of Year'' in Yiddish). This day observes the anniversary of the death of a parent and other relatives for whom the rites of mourning are carried out. The base is inscribed: ''In Loving Memory''.

Dates: circa 1950

Found in: Special Collections and Archives / B188, Kaplan Family Religious Objects and Photograph / Religious Objects and Photograph / Box 1

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Subject: Ceremonies X