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Submitted by Hattie F Berman-Murphy

Information Picture Question
Category: Translation - Tombstone
Approval Date: 6/8/2025 3:50 PM
Family Surname: Berman
Country: USA
Town: New York
Date of Image: 1933
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Would appreciate a translate of the Hebrew/Yiddish into English on Hattie Berman's stone Thank you

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6/8/2025 4:21 PM Here lies

ETKA daughter of Reb Betzalel Yosef

She passed away 5 Iyar 5693

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Etka is a Yiddish name.

Again, Reb is an honorific and does not mean rabbi.

Betzalel is a name from the Bible; he was the architect and builder of the traveling tabernacle (the Mishkan) that accompanied the Israelites during their years in the desert.

Yosef is Joseph.

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