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Category: Translation - Hebrew
Approval Date: 8/26/2026 4:56 PM
Family Surname: HONIGSBERG, KUPERMAN
Country: Poland
Town: Ciepielow
Date of Image: 28 November 1844

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Signature block from a Jewish marriage record, Ciepielow (Radom gubernia), 1844, act 5. Source: AP Kielce, Ciepielow Jewish civil registers, via GenBaza.

Four men signed in Hebrew. The Polish text names them, in this order: Jewel Rappoport (deputy rabbi); Lejbus Honigsberg (the groom's father, of Konskowola, Lublin gubernia); Judka Kuperman (the bride's father); Josek Echt (witness).

I would be grateful for a reading of all four lines, but especially the SECOND line - Lejbus Honigsberg, my direct ancestor. It appears to have three elements and I cannot make out the middle one.

Two questions in particular:
1. Does the middle word read ha-Levi, ha-Kohen, or something else (e.g. an abbreviation such as b"r)?
2. If a patronymic appears, what is his father's name? The 1847 civil death record does not name his father, so this signature may be the only surviving evidence of that generation.

Any reading, even partial or uncertain, would be a great help. Thank you.

ViewMate Posting VM 115219

Submitted by Pinchas Honigsberg

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ViewMate Posting VM 115219

Submitted by Pinchas Honigsberg