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Submitted by Anna Fairley

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Category: Translation - Tombstone Approval Date: 7/13/2025 1:59 PM Family Surname: Landa Country: England Date of Image: 2022	Click the picture to enlarge	This headstone is at Rice Lane Jewish Cemetery (est. 1896) in Liverpool, UK. I need help with the Hebrew translation. The English text below (not pictured) reads In Loving Memory of RACHEL WIFE OF CHARLES LANDA FORMERLY OF LEEDS, WHO DIED 8TH FEBRUARY 1899, 28TH SHEVAT 5959 AGE 20 A Little Mother in Israel

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7/13/2025 4:51 PM

This stone is a bit challenging to read. Do you have another image, possibly taken in different light and at a higher resolution (when I zoom in, much of the text becomes pixelated).

Here is what I can glean:

Her name was Rachel [rah-chell, with the Ch as in Chanukah or Bach].

Her father was Yehuda (Judah), here spelled with Yiddish spelling conventions.

Her date of death was the 28th of Shvat, 5659 (not 5959), which corresponds to February 8th, 1899.

However, she could not have been 20 when she died, as the month and year of her birth are given: Kislev of 5599 (November 17th, 1838 through December 17th). This would make her about 60 when she died.

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