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Category: Translation - Tombstone
Approval Date: 5/5/2024 1:51 PM
Family Surname: Galatny (Goliant)
Country: USA
Town: Pittsburgh / Berestvitsa

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Noah Galanty's shem ha-qodesh baffles me. I would very much appreciate a translation of his given name.

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/153043491/noah-golanty#view-photo=128840357

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5/5/2024 2:43 PM

Noah’s Hebrew name, pronounced NO-ACH, with the CH as in Chanukah, is preceded by an abbreviation which represents the words “MOreinu Harav”, our teacher the rabbi. This normally indicates that the person had rabbinical ordination, not necessarily that he was the rabbi of a synagogue or community. I need to point out that this abbreviation occasionally appears in error (or, sometimes, simply as words of praise to indicate that the person was scholarly), so I would suggest trying to get confirmation of his rabbinical status – if any – from a second source.

‘Reb’ is an honorific; it does not mean rabbi. Shmuel is Hebrew for Samuel.

The 4th of Kislev, 5697, began at sunset on the 17th of November, 1936, and ended at sunset on the 18th.

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