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Submitted by Karen Rasmussen

Information Picture Question
Category: Translation - Tombstone
Approval Date: 9/12/2021 6:42 PM
Family Surname: Sholl
Country: Belarus
Town: Gomel
Date of Image: 1972
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There is some Hebrew or maybe Yiddish writing below the date of June 29, 1972. Can anyone tell me what it says? Thank you so much,
Karen Rasmussen

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9/12/2021 6:54 PM The Hebrew is the same as the English.

The first words are "I Believe". The final set of four characters are read "Rambam". This is an abbreviation for the words "Rabbeinu Moshe Ben Maimon", or "our rabbi Moshe, the son of Maimon". This was a famous 12th-century rabbi, also known by the name Maimonides, which means son of Maimon.

Maimonides composed 13 principles of faith, each of which begin with the words "Ani Maamin", "I believe".

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