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Category: Translation - Tombstone
Approval Date: 6/18/2025 1:48 PM
Family Surname: Fishman
Country: Ukraine
Town: Dubno
Date of Image: 17/07/1912

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This is the headstone of my great grandmother Jane Borris (née Fishman), and I would like a translation of as much of the inscription as possible.
She’s buried in Edmonton Federation Cemetery, Montagu Road, North London.
She lived in Dubno (Ukraine) until she emigrated to London with her family at the beginning of the twentieth century.

Response

6/18/2025 4:01 PM

Here is interred

Mrs. ZLATA daughter of Reb Avraham Michel

She passed away on Wednesday, 3 Menachem Av 5672

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

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

Avraham is Abraham.

The second part of her father's name was Michel (some people might read this as Michal, which is incorrect, as that is a girl's name). There are various opinions as to the origin of the name Michel. One obvious possibility is that it is derived from the name Michael; others insist that it is a nickname for the Hebrew name Yechiel.

The month of Menachem Av also goes by the shorter name of Av.

6/18/2025 4:11 PM

Before adding the above response to your family file, please see my response to your post 111190! (I misread the names here).

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Submitted by Benjamin Barnett Boris

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Submitted by Benjamin Barnett Boris