Chevra Kadisha

The unfinished shul by the chevra kadisha.

For the last year, I had volunteered at my shul’s chevra kadisha, the society responsible for preparing the dead in accordance with our laws and customs.

News of the shul being built across from the chevra kadisha, due to be complete by the end of summer.

“You volunteer at the chevra kadisha, right? Did you see something that might suggest Yakov’s death wasn’t an accident?”

Although the chevra kadisha was run by volunteers, the mortuary itself was privately owned, in affiliation with the cemetery.