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Category: Translation - Tombstone
Approval Date: 5/6/2026 4:21 PM
Family Surname: SPECTOR
Country: USA
Town: Glendale, Queens, NY
Date of Image: April 2026

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Source: Mount Carmel Cemetery, staff photograph

Tombstone of my great grandfather Samuel Spector, who arrived in 1892 from Meserich, Poland

Requesting a transcription of the Hebrew letters (for cut & paste into a document) and a translation of the inscriptions into English. Note: opening and closing abbreviations have been intentionally omitted clipped from this image.

Response

5/6/2026 4:40 PM

אבינו היקר

איש תם וישר מוה

שמואל ב"ר אליהו

נפטר

כ"ז סיון תר"צא

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An unblemished and honest man, our teacher, the rabbi

SHMUEL son of Reb Eliyahu

He passed away 27 Sivan 5691

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The name of the deceased is preceded by an abbreviation that represents the words “our teacher, the rabbi”. This normally indicates that the person had rabbinical ordination, not necessarily that he was the rabbi of a synagogue or community. I need to point out that this abbreviation occasionally appears in error (or, sometimes, simply as words of praise to indicate that the person was scholarly), so I would suggest trying to get confirmation of his rabbinical status – if any – from a second source.

Shmuel [SHMOO-ayl] is Hebrew for Samuel.

Reb is an honorific; it does not mean rabbi.

Eliyahu is Hebrew for Elijah.

The 27th of Sivan, 5691, corresponds to June 11th/12th, 1931

5/10/2026 4:48 PM

Hello James,

The first line of the Hebrew text, Avinu HaYikor, means "Our Dear Father".

Jo

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