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.
პირველ საუკუნეში მოღვაწე ისტორიკოსმა იოსებ ფლავიუსმა დაწერა, რომ, როდესაც ახ.