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Submitted by Marlise S Gross

Information Picture Question
Category: Translation - Tombstone
Approval Date: 7/13/2025 2:01 PM
Family Surname: Horowitz
Country: USA
Town: Queens, NYC
Date of Image: 1906
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Please translate all the Hebrew shown on the gravestone. Thank you.

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On  Response 
7/13/2025 3:19 PM Tears flow from my eyes on the death of our mother Reizel daughter of Reb Yaakov, passed away 2nd of Cheshvan 5667
7/13/2025 3:22 PM Here lies

My eye, my eye, drips water

upon the passing of our mother

Mrs. RAYZEL Horowitz

daughter of Reb Yaakov

She passed away 2 Cheshvan 5667

May her soul be bound up in the bond of life.

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Rayzel is a Yiddish name that means rose.

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

Yaakov is Jacob.

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