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Submitted by Deborah S Friedman

Information Picture Question
Category: Translation - Tombstone
Approval Date: 6/21/2026 7:43 PM
Family Surname: unk
Country: Ukraine
Town: Kopaihorod
Date of Image: circa 1990
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I have a series of photos of gravestones I took when I traveled to Kopaihorod in the early 1990s. Please excuse the amateur quality of them. On some I am aware that only part of the inscription is visible. Please translate the Hebrew and or Russian as appropriate. Many thanks.

L-11

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6/21/2026 8:14 PM There may be text around the curve of the arch, but I cannot make it out.

Within the arch is the abbreviation for "here lies", possibly with a few additional letters underneath.

The "betulah"

RIVKA LEAH

daughter of Reb Binyamin [?]
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"Betulah" is usually translated as "maiden". It refers to an unmarried (young) woman older than bat mitzvah.

'Reb' is an honorific.

Her father's name looks most like Binyamin (Benjamin) to me, but I might be wrong.

I'm afraid that I cannot decipher any part of the date of death.

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