This tzedakah box was used to collect money to support Jewish burial societies called Chevra Kadisha or the “Holy Brotherhood.”  The word tzedakah means both "justice" and "charity."  The highest form of tzedakah is giving when the person receiving it does not know who has provided the charity.

Many Jews consider donating to the Chevra Kadisha a very special form of charity because the recipient of the charity (the dead) cannot thank the giver.  This puskhe shows the importance of charity and caring for others.