Ceremonial Hall of the Prague Jewish Burial Society

The present Ceremonial Hall has replaced an older building serving the same purpose.

Its appearance, including the details like the bases and capitals of columns, the grille and the door, holds to the Romanesque Revival style.

As long as the Prague chevra kadisha (Jewish Burial Society) used the space, the morgue was in the basement, on the first floor there was a room for the ritual purification of the dead (taharah) and on the second floor there was a meeting room, where the Society held its meetings as well as annual banquets.

An anonymous author fulfilled the order of the Society from around the year 1772 and followed the Baroque painting style.

The paintings also depict the final period of the history of the Old Jewish Cemetery which makes the cycle more valuable.