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Submitted by David Wescott

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Category: Translation - Tombstone
Approval Date: 4/1/2026 4:33 PM
Family Surname: Sclare
Country: USA
Town: Fairfield, CT
Date of Image: 3/30/2026
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This is a second image. Please translate the Hebrew inscription for my great grandfather. See also ID 114103.

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4/1/2026 5:48 PM Reb Eliahu son of Yitzchak Moshe
Died 22 Tevet 5699
May his soul be bound up in the bond of life. (acronym)

Reb means Mr.
4/5/2026 2:27 AM Reb ELIYAHU son of Reb Yitzchak Moshe

He passed away 22 Tevet 5699

May his soul be bound up in the bond of life.
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'Reb' is an honorific; it does not mean rabbi.

Eliyahu is Hebrew for Elijah.

Yitzchak [pronounced YITS-chahk, with the 'ch' as in Chanukah or Bach] is Hebrew for Isaac.

Moshe is Moses. (SOME men with Moshe as part of their religious name have the secular name of Morris or similar).

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