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Category: Translation - Tombstone
Approval Date: 6/30/2021 12:02 PM
Family Surname: Gans Breidenbach
Country: Germany
Town: Kassel

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Please translate the tombstone of Dely Breidenbach Gans, deceased in 1822 in Kassel.

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6/30/2021 3:59 PM

The shadows of the leaves pose a bit of a challenge, and the left side of the stone is partly obscured by the adjacent stone lying on it, but here is what I read:
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Here is interred

the important woman HELDEL/HELDEK [?] TELEH/TELTZ [?]
daughter of the honored [rabbi?] Volf Breitenbach of Offenbach, may he live, wife of the honored [rabbi?] Avraham Ganz, may he live, of Kassel.

She passed away on the night of the departure of the Sabbath, the 5th of Shvat, and was buried on Monday, the 6th of Shvat 5582.

May her soul be bound up in the bond of life.

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She had a double Hebrew name. As you can see, the last letter of each is hard to make out, which is why I gave two possibilities for each.

Her father's name and her husband's name are both preceded by an abbreviation that can be interpreted simply as "the honored", but can also be interpreted as "the honored rabbi". Both of these men outlived her, which is why their names are followed by the blessing "may he live". Although it is standard to give the name of the father of the deceased, it is much less common for a woman's husband to be named. This usually indicated that he was an important member of the Jewish community.

I see that you give her maiden name as Breidenbach. The stone reads Breitenbach.

She passed away during the night of "Motza'ei Shabbat", which means Saturday night after dark. According to the Jewish calendar, this is already considered Sunday, which explains why she died on Saturday night the 5th, but was buried on Monday, the 6th, of the month.

The 5th of Shvat, 5582, began at sunset on January 26th, 1822, and ended at sunset on the 27th.

7/6/2021 12:52 AM

it maybe that the first line is saying
האשה החשובה היולדת ?
the reason for thinking like this is because of the unusual names
so maybe its a mistake with one alphabet? [also unusual that days]

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