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Category: Translation - Tombstone
Approval Date: 6/17/2026 4:55 PM
Family Surname: Karpenkopf
Country: Poland
Town: Warsaw
Date of Image: 1881

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Hi This is probably be the grave stone of my grandmother's cousin named after her grandmother ?

grave is in Warsaw (Okopowa)Cemetary (https://cemetery.jewish.org.pl/id_133261/info/)

I would be very grateful for as full as translation as is reasonably practical.

Many thanks

Response

6/17/2026 7:10 PM

The easiest lines to read here are those at the top, which are an acrostic poem of mourning. The first letters of the five longer lines spell out her name: Blima. (If this turns out to be the person you think, and if you'd then like this poem translated, please let me know.)

Meanwhile, the relevant details are harder to read, but I will do my best.
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Lo, she is the respected and well-known woman,

Mrs. BLIMA daughter of Mr. Shimon the Levite of blessed memory,

Karpenkopf

Wife of the departed ________, our teacher the rabbi Shimon Rozensahl [?]

The _____ of ____________________ ___shenker [?] of blessed memory

She passed away _________________________ Menachem Av

of the year 5641

May her soul be bound up in the bond of life.
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Note that her name, Blima [pronounced BLEE-mah] is spelled differently in the acrostic poem than in the details section. In the acrostic, it is spelled Bet-Lamed-Yud-Mem-Alef. In the details section, it is spelled Bet-Lamed-Yud-Mem-Hay.

If this is the correct person, and if you have more details that would fill in the blanks above, please let me know, and I will see if I can then use your information to decipher more of the Hebrew. (For example, it appears that further information is given about either her or her husband, as being somehow connected to a person (probably a man) whose last name was, or ended in, shenker.)

The month of Menachem Av [also known by the shorter name of Av] of the year 5641 ranged from July 26th, 1881, to August 25th.

6/17/2026 7:10 PM

I neglected to point out that ViewMate has a special category called "Translation-Tombstone" specifically for gravestones.

6/22/2026 11:32 PM

The word preceding "the late" is הגביר a term used for describing a person who is very well of, and important in the community.

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