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Category: Translation - Tombstone
Approval Date: 4/1/2026 4:37 PM
Family Surname: Mitnick
Country: USA
Town: Philadelphia

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Requesting translation of this headstone for Bernard Mitnick at Har Nebo Cemetery in Philadelphia. Image from FindaGrave, memorial no. 216970790.

Response

4/4/2026 11:12 PM

Dear Father Dov Ber son of Baruch Mitnick 102 year old died 15th day of Nisan 2028

4/5/2026 2:44 AM

This stone is an interesting mix of Hebrew with a bit of Yiddish.

Here lies my dear father,

our teacher the rabbi, Dov Ber, son of Reb Borich

Mitnick

102 years old

he passed away the 15th of Nisan 5688

May his soul be bound up in the bond of life.
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"Our teacher, the Rabbi" usually means that the person had rabbinic ordination, not necessarily that he was the Rabbi of a congregation. It is sometimes simply used, however, as a phrase of respect.

"Dov Ber" is a common double name, with Dov being Hebrew and Ber being Yiddish; both names mean bear.

His father's name is given as Borich, which is the Yiddish version of the Hebrew name Baruch, which means 'blessed'. The 'ch' is pronounced as in Chanukah or Bach. Some men with this name have a secular name that means blessed, such as Benedict.

The 15th of Nisan, 5688, began at sunset on April 4th, 1928, and ended at sunset on the 5th. By the way, the 15th day of the month of Nisan is always the first day of Passover.

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