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Category: Translation - Tombstone
Approval Date: 6/18/2025 1:49 PM
Family Surname:
Country: Czech Republic
Town: Hotzenplotz

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This headstone appears in Chewra.com data on two different records, one for a Mordechai haLevy (d 1767), the other for Jicchak (Ajcik) no surname (d 1745). Can someone tell me who this belongs to? Thank you...

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6/18/2025 5:17 PM

I had to read through the entire text in order to find the name, which is near the bottom.

His name was MORDECHAI.

His father was Baruch Segel. Baruch means blessed. A possible secular name might have been something like Benedict.

My comments about "Segel" on your other post also apply here. The term "haLevi" does not appear, but the pitcher at the top of the stone represents Levites.

As to the year of death, which is in the visible part of the arch, it is in the 5500's, but the last two digits of the year do not look like any of the standard Hebrew letters used to represent dates. (The date might be repeated at the very bottom of the stone, but the last line(s) are hidden behind the grass).

6/18/2025 5:54 PM

I neglected that there MIGHT be a town of origin for the father: Perhaps Kvizel or Koizel. Do either of these -- or something similar -- make sense to you?

ViewMate Posting VM 111187

Submitted by Liza Weissler

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Submitted by Liza Weissler