The Ceremonial Hall at the Old Jewish Cemetery in Prague

The site of today’s Ceremonial Hall was previously occupied by a building of the Prague Burial Society that was knocked down. Its replacement was a new hall in the neo-Romanesque style that served as a bejt tahara – a house of purification.

On the first floor there was a room for the ritual purification of the dead, while the Burial Society had a meeting room on the second floor. The Ceremonial Hall served its original purpose, preparing the dead for their final journey, until the end of WWI. In 1926 it became part of the Jewish Museum. Today it houses a continuation of the exhibition Jewish Traditions and Customs from the Klaus Synagogue focused on the Prague Burial Society and historical collections of property owned by that important social institution.

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The synagogue in close proximity to the Old Jewish Cemetery is Prague’s only preserved synagogue built in the Baroque period. Today there is a permanent exhibition of the Jewish Museum called Jewish Traditions and Customs. In the part dedicated to Jewish liturgy, you can see a scroll of the Torah and prayer books. Another part presents Jewish holidays and rituals, which include birth, circumcision and wedding. The exhibition features items that are associated with these rituals and also objects that are traditionally used in Jewish households.

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