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Submitted by IRENE Joab

Information Picture Question
Category: Translation - Hebrew
Approval Date: 1/25/2026 2:21 PM
Family Surname: Joab
Country: Poland
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Please find enclosed the death announcement of my grand father which may contain valuable informations about my grand father's life. I known that the image is pretty poor but it is the only one I have. Thank you very much to help me in translation. All the best. Irene Joab

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1/28/2026 12:04 AM Oh, The crown of our heads has fallen [It is a quote from Lamentations 5:16]

[something I cannot read]

Yosef Yehuda son of Mr Moshe Aharon of Blessed memory

[Last name] YOAV

[Passed away] in the 68th year of his life


[Something I cannot read]

His grieving family
1/28/2026 3:25 PM After the line giving his age, it says: of the Sochatshow chasidim', meaning that he was a follower of the Chasidic Rabbi of Sochatshow.
The line before his name seems to have more descriptive words, but unfortunately they are not legible in this copy

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