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Submitted by Hattie F Berman-Murphy

Information Picture Question
Category: Translation - Tombstone
Approval Date: 3/29/2026 1:53 PM
Family Surname: Keitelman
Country: USA
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Would appreciate the Translation of the Hebrew/Yiddish thank you

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3/29/2026 2:40 PM Here lies AVRAHAM ABA son of Reb Ephraim

He passed away 13 Tamuz 5746

May his soul be bound up in the bond of life.
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Avraham is Abraham.

Aba, which is also Hebrew for father, is a Yiddish nickname derived from Avraham.

Reb is an honorific. It does not mean rabbi.

Ephraim [eff-RAH-yim] is a Biblical name.

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