Enamel cups for a burial society, in an arched wooden case. Each cup is deep red with white panels: on the front, under a Star of David, "chesed shel emet," the true kindness that cannot be repaid, which is the traditional name for the work of the chevra kadisha; on the sides, Psalm 23 in Hebrew and in English.
The text
חסד של אמת
True kindness.
Under a Star of David on the front panel; the traditional name for the work of the burial society, a kindness the dead cannot repay
מזמור לדוד ה' רעי לא אחסר
A psalm of David. The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want.
Psalm 23, in Hebrew on one side panel and in English on the other
Identification of this photograph is provisional.
Studio of Arnold Schwarzbart
Arnold Schwarzbart ז״ל · 1942 – 2015 · Knoxville, Tennessee