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Category: Translation - Tombstone
Approval Date: 9/17/2025 2:14 PM
Family Surname: Serefsky
Country: England
Town: Edmonton, London Borough
Date of Image: Apr 19, 2017

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I would greatly appreciate if any one could fully translate the Hebrew inscription on Sarah's head stone.
Thanks.

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9/17/2025 4:38 PM

Here is interred

The respected and modest woman, a woman of valor

Mrs. SARAH daughter of Reb Dov,

Wife of Reb Yisrael Yitzchak son of Velvel

She passed away on Sunday, the 10th of Adar

5667

May her soul be bound up in the bond of life.
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'Reb' does not mean rabbi.

Dov is Hebrew for bear. Some men with this Hebrew name have a name that is similar in sound to bear, such as Bernard, Barry, etc.

It is not common to include the name of a woman's husband on her stone. When it does appear, this usually indicates that he was a prominent member of the Jewish community. Her husband's double name, Yisrael Yitzchak, is Hebrew for Israel Isaac.

It is definitely not common for the name of a woman's father-in-law to appear on her gravestone. In fact, I have never encountered this before. Velvel is a Yiddish name that means wolf. Some men with this name have a secular name of Wolf, Wolfgang, or similar. I've often seen William paired with Velvel, although there are no rules for matching secular and religious names.

The 10th of Adar, 5667, corresponds to February 23/24, 1907.

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