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Category: Translation - Tombstone
Approval Date: 1/25/2023 11:31 AM
Family Surname: Fin
Country: Lithuania
Town: Vizhun & Ushpol
Date of Image: Recent

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To confirm patryonic lineage, we would like a translation of the Hebrew for Frank Finn's headstone located in the Ushpoler section of the Baron Hirsch Cemetery on Staten Island, NY.

Response

1/25/2023 2:35 PM

Here lies

EFRAYIM ZALMAN

son of Reb Eliyahu the Levite

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'Reb' is an honorific; it does not mean rabbi.

Efrayim was the name of one of the twelve sons of Jacob (and the name of one of the 12 tribes). Zalman is a Yiddish version of the name Solomon (which is Shlomo in Hebrew).

His father's name, Eliyahu, is Hebrew for Elijah.

The deceased and his father were Levites, descended from Levi, one of the twelve sons of Jacob. Levites had specific functions in the Temples, and still receive special recognition -- and have special obligations – today. Levite is a designation passed from father to son.

The image of the pitcher at the top of the stone is an indication of a Levite, as one of the functions of Levites was (and still is) to wash the hands of the Cohanim (priests) before they bless the congregation.

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