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Category: Translation - Tombstone
Approval Date: 9/29/2021 11:57 AM
Family Surname:
Country: Germany
Town: Norden

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What does this inscription mean?

Response

9/23/2021 2:50 PM

Hello Mike,

Here is a close approximation of the inscription of the tombstone....

"Here lies the righteous woman, daughter of the (man??) Chaim, of blessed memory. Wife of Moshe Ben/(son of) Aizik (Shulyn???) who died..?..on the 7th day of the Hebrew month of Shvat..?... May her soul be bound up in the bonds of life."

***Some of the words spelled with Hebrew letters might be German words. I think that the word Herr is used instead of the often used Hebrew word Reb...so it has been translated as "the man". I would imagine that this is meant as a title of respect when using a given name. In other places, the words that were not recognized were merely skipped over. Basically, though, the important names and date are explained herewith....Jo

9/23/2021 7:12 PM

Here is interred

the honest woman, Mrs.

MATA [or Mateh] daughter of the Chaver, Reb

Chayim, may his memory be a blessing, wife of the honored

Moshe son of Reb Eizik

Schulen; she passed away

with a good name [reputation] 7 Shvat

5619.

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

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This stone is a bit unusual, in that it names not only the father of the deceased, but the name of her husband and of her father-in-law. When this occurs, it usually means that the additional people mentioned were important members of the Jewish community.

Her name, Matah or Mateh, is one that I have not encountered before.

Her father's name is preceded by an abbreviation that I believe stands for the words "the Chaver, Reb". 'Reb' is an honorary title; it does not mean rabbi. "Chaver", on the other hand, was a title that German Jewish men had to earn. If someone had been an active member of their Jewish community for many years, the community -- or its rabbi -- might decide to honor the person by giving him this title, Chaver, whose literal translation is friend or member. The title would be bestowed in a community-wide event, and would thereafter be part of the person's official name (used, for example, when he was called up to the Torah). Her father had this title; her husband and father-in-law did not.

Eizik (pronounced eye-zik] is the Yiddish form of Yitzchak (Isaac).

It seems that Schulen (or a similar-sounding name) was the deceased's married name.

The 7th of Shvat, 5619, began at sunset on January 11th, 1859, and ended on the 12th.

9/23/2021 11:39 PM

Hi Mike,

The female name "Mateh" is a Hebrew/Yiddish or Secular variation of the name "Matil". If you wish to check this out further, use the JewishGen Given Name Database (country - Germany). BTW....this is a very good tool for this and future genealogical searches where names are in question....Jo

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