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Submitted by Nola Cooper

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Category: Translation - Tombstone
Approval Date: 7/13/2025 2:05 PM
Family Surname: Sandler
Country: USA
Town: Glendale, Queens, NY
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I would appreciate a translation especially if it says "son of .....". Trying to find possible family.

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7/13/2025 2:52 PM Here lies Mordechai Leib son of Ezriel the Levite
7/13/2025 4:22 PM Here lies Mr. MORDECHAI LAYB son of Reb Azriel the Levite

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Again, Mordechai is a Biblical name and Layb is Yiddish for lion.

Again, 'Reb' is simply an honorific.

And again, these men are part of the clan of Levites.

Max is another name that I might have mentioned as a possible secular name for Mordechai.

For Azriel: in one of your other posts, the "secular" name for an Azriel is Israel, presumably because it sounds similar. Another option might be Ozzie, or Oscar, or any name beginning with O or A.

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