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Category: Translation - Tombstone
Approval Date: 7/22/2026 5:25 PM
Family Surname: Mayleas
Country: USA
Town: New York

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Looking for a translation of the gravestone inscription. Thank you.

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7/22/2026 6:41 PM

Here lies
A woman, Ita Devorah daughter of Reb Avraham
Died 1st day of Adar 2, 5667
May her soul be bound up in the bond of life (acronym)

Reb does not mean Rabbi. it is equivalent to Mr.
In a Hebrew leap year a leap month is added, a second month of Adar. This date is in the second Adar.

7/22/2026 10:33 PM

Died on the 30th day of Adar I 5687.

A Jewish leap year has two months of Adar.

There is an excellent explanation of how Jewish days of the month are expressed given here: https://www.jewishgen.org/ViewMate/responselist.asp?key=114955.
The stone says: died of the first day of Rosh Chodesh Adar II. That, by definition is the 30th day of Adar I.
30th of Adar I, 5687 = Fri, 4 March 1927
ל׳ בַּאֲדָר א׳ תרפ״ז
Rosh Chodesh Adar II
See Hebcal https://www.hebcal.com/converter?hd=30&hm=Adar1&hy=5687&h2g=1

7/23/2026 5:35 PM

Here lies

The woman, Ita Devorah daughter of Reb Avraham

She passed away on the first day of Rosh Chodesh of Adar II 5667

May her soul be bound up in the bond of life.
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Ita [EE-tah] is a Yiddish name.

Devorah is Hebrew for Debra.

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

Avraham [AHV-rah-hahm], of course, is Abraham.

During a Jewish leap year, the standard twelfth month, Adar, is replaced by two months: Adar I and Adar II.

“Rosh Chodesh”, literally the head of the month, also known as the New Moon, indicates the start of a new month. It can be a one-day or a two-day event. In this case, it was two days, and the first day of Rosh Chodesh of the month of Adar II was actually the 30th day of the previous month, which was the month of Adar I. In the year 5687, this date began at sunset on March 3rd and ended at sunset on March 4th, 1927. (Note that, at first glance, the Hebrew year looks like 5667. However, zooming in -- and inverting the color -- clearly shows that the year is actually 5687. Further confirmation of this is the fact that 5667 was not a leap year, and therefore had only one Adar, while 5687 was a leap year, and had both an Adar I and an Adar II.d

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