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Category: Translation - Tombstone
Approval Date: 9/10/2003
Family Surname:

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Can anyone translate the inscription on the tombstone of m gr-gr-grandfather from Lodz in Poland? I'm paricularly interested in the several lines of text before his name, and the few words after NF for "niftar". They appear to say "Ben P.A." before giving the date of his death. Also, does the Z"L mean this man or his father was a rabbi or a particularly distinguished member of the community?

Response

9/26/2010 3:44 AM

Dear Saul,

GersHon Goldberg was a Rabbi, because his first name Gerson is preceeded by "our master and teacher, ou Rav Rabbi" (abbreviated). Son of the late Reb (= Mister) Zeev.
He died at the age of 81 years, the 16 Tevet 675 = Saturday 2 January 1915.

If you send me a better picture, I'll be able to give you a complete translation.

All the best.

Avraham MALTHETE

12/30/2024 6:46 PM

Top row Dark letters on white stone "Gershon Goldberg"
rest are Light letters against dark back
... thus cried out those that knew him well
He was a man of integrity in his lifetime
Many good deeds he did in his days
Indeed he was the honorable, our Teacher and Rabbi Reb
GERSHON
son of Reb Zev of blessed memory, passed away age
61 years on the 16th (maybe 15th, a little fuzzy) (day in the Jewish month) of Teves
in the 5675 (maybe 5678) years since the world was created.
The five letters on the bottom lighter part of the stone row are the initials of a verse "May his soul be bound in the bundle of life"
A direct quote from the Book of the Prophet Samuel / Shmuel A, 25: 29, that is traditionally engraved on Jewish tombstones.

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Submitted by Saul Marks

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Submitted by Saul Marks