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Submitted by Robert M Mandelbaum

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Category: Translation - Tombstone Approval Date: 4/24/2024 12:23 PM Family Surname: Ashkanasi Country: USA Town: Wilmington, DE	Click the picture to enlarge	I would like to translate the Hebrew inscriptions on this tombstone (Lola & Morris Ashkanasi).

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4/24/2024 10:21 PM

Lola:

BASHA LEAH daughter of Yona
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BASHA is a Yiddish name. Leah [LAY-ah] is Biblical; she was one of the wives of the Patriarch Jacob.

Yona is also Biblical; it is Hebrew for Jonah. Jonah was a prophet.
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Morris:

MOSHE son of Shimon.

Moshe is Moses. Shimon is Simon; Shimon was the second son of Jacob, and the father of the tribe bearing his name.

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