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Submitted by Amy Beccone

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Category: Translation - Tombstone Approval Date: 8/15/2021 12:11 PM Family Surname: Sommers	Click the picture to enlarge	I am hoping to get a translation of the back of my ancestor's gravestone in the hopes that it leads to more genealogical information.

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8/15/2021 12:18 PM

Here is buried our dear mother
[can't translate next line]
Mrs Sarah Rivkah
Daughter of Mr Yehuda
Died possessed of a good name
on the 16th day of Shevat in the year 5693
May her soul be bound up for life eternal (5-letter acronym)

8/15/2021 12:50 PM

This is the burial place of our dear mother,

a respectable, pure, and honest woman.

Mrs. SARAH RIVKAH

daughter of Reb Yehudah, may he rest in peace,

She passed away and was buried with a good name [=reputation]

On the 13th day of Tevet of the year 5693

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

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Rivkah is Rebecca in English.

'Reb' is an honorific; it does not mean rabbi.

The 13th day of Tevet, 5693, began at sunset on January 10th, 1933, and ended at sunset on the 11th. (Note that the '3' is faded, so the date might not be the 13th, but this is the most likely reading).

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