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Category: Translation - Tombstone
Approval Date: 2/25/2026 2:53 PM
Family Surname: Tattelbaum
Country: USA
Town: Malden, Massachusetts
Date of Image: 1935, 1946

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I would if someone would be able to translate the husband and wife headstone inscriptions from Hebrew please

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2/25/2026 5:53 PM

Centered at the top, the abbreviation for: Here Lie

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Right side:

Our dear father,

Reb ELIYAHU YAAKOV son of Reb Eliyahu Yaakov the Cohen

He passed away 2 Tevet 5696.
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'Reb' is an honorific; it does not mean rabbi.

As you can see, the father and son had the same names. This is highly unusual, as Jewish practice does not name someone after the living. I can only conclude that the father died while the mother was pregnant, and the child was then named after his deceased father.

Eliyahu [eh-lee-YAH-who] is Hebrew for Elijah. Yaakov [YAH-ah-cove] is Hebrew for Jacob.

The deceased and his father were Cohanim (plural of Cohen). A Cohen is a member of the priestly tribe. The first priest was Aaron, Moses' brother, and this designation is passed down from father to son. Cohanim had specific functions in the Temples, and still receive special recognition -- and have special obligations -- today.

The symbol at the top of the stone shows the priestly hands in position to bless the congregation.

The second day of Tevet, 5696, corresponds to December 27/28, 1935.

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Left side:

Our dear mother

SASIEH LEAH daughter of Reb Moshe the Cohen.

She passed away 3/6/7 Nisan, 5706/7
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Sasieh is a Yiddish name. Leah is Hebrew [LAY-ah].

Moshe is Moses. He, too, was a Cohen (this status passes only to sons).

The date of death is a bit hard to read.

The 3rd, 6th, and 7th of Nisan, 5706, correspond to April 3/4, April 6/7, or April 7/8, respectively, in the year 1946.

The 3rd, 6th, and 7th of Nisan, 5707, correspond to March 23/24, March 26/27, or March 27/28, respectively, in the year 1947.

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Centered at the bottom: the abbreviation for the phrase "May their souls be bound up in the bond of life."

2/26/2026 11:58 PM

I should have written that Ashkenazic Jews do not name children after the living; in contrast, many Sephardic Jews do. But, as far as I know, a child would not be named after its own parent, if that parent was alive at the time of the naming.

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