Growing and maintaining a collection can be a fulfilling and meaningful hobby for many. People collect things such as coins, stamps, art, rare books, comic books and baseball cards. Then there is Isaac Pollak of New York City who collects chevra kadisha artifacts. That’s right — objects from Jewish sacred burial societies, many often used in tahara — the ritual cleansing — and dressing of dead bodies in accordance with Jewish law. Not your typical items to be collected.
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