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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: Markel
Country: USA
Town: Houston, TX
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I would like to translate the Hebrew inscription on this tombstone (Frances Markel).

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4/24/2024 10:09 PM Here lies

FRAYDEL daughter of Baruch the Levite

May her soul be bound up in the bond of life.
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Fraydel is a Yiddish name meaning joy.

Baruch, means blessed. Some men with this Hebrew name have a secular name with similar meaning, such as Benedict, or with similar sound, such as Barry.

Her father was a Levite, thus descended from the biblical tribe of Levi; this tribe had special significance and religious duties). This is a designation passed from father to son, thus would not have been passed to Frances.

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