According to the Talmud, even the poorest Jew who had become a widower during the first centuries C.E. would engage two flute players and a wailing woman to mourn his dead wife.
यह शब्द यहूदा इस्करियोती के लिए इस्तेमाल किया गया है, जो सबकी नज़र बचाकर चेलों की थैली से पैसे चुराता था ।