Negative:: “Gamam,” an old ruinated bath.

Mountain Jews

Baku Guberniya, Kuba Uyezd, city Quba

1907

Glass

12 x 9

РЭМ 2388-3

In all, there were 12 synagogues in Kuba. The Mountain Jewish woman virtually did not take part in religious life; they did not go the synagogue. The Jews were the first to codify rules of hygiene and cleanliness in their laws. The rite of purificatory ablutions was established by the Jewish religion on behalf of God Who commanded that Moses make a copper wash basin so that Aaron and his sons could wash their hands and feet from it (entrance in the temple was one of the main occasions for ablution). In the background on the left, a mosque dome can be seen.