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Submitted by Kim Klausner

Information Picture Question
Category: Translation - Tombstone
Approval Date: 4/21/2024 1:29 PM
Family Surname: Miller
Country: USA
Town: Brooklyn, NY
Date of Image: 2016
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Grave stones of my great great uncle and aunt, Abraham and Sheine (Rubenstein) Miller. They were from Kovno and Batakiai, Lithuania and were buried in Mt. Zion cemetery in Brooklyn.

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4/21/2024 2:39 PM Shenie:

Here lies

CHAYA SHAYNA daughter of Reb Yosef Mordechai

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

Chaya is Hebrew for 'she lives'; Shayna is Yiddish for 'pretty'.

Yosef is Joseph. Mordechai (which is slightly cut off in the image) is a Biblical name from the Book of Esther.
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Abraham:

Here lies

ABBA ZUNDEL son of Reb Yeshayahu Mordechai
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Abba is the Hebrew word for father; it is also used as a man's name. Zundel is a Yiddish name that means 'little son'.

Yeshayahu is Isaiah.

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