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Submitted by Mike Redel

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Category: Translation - Tombstone
Approval Date: 9/22/2021 12:54 PM
Family Surname:
Country: Germany
Town: Norden
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On  Response 
9/22/2021 7:51 PM Here lies

an honest man; he

walked a path of innocence. He is the honored

PINCHAS son of the rabbi, Rabbi Meir

He passed away in Aurig [presumably Aurich] on the night of Monday

and was buried here on Tuesday, the 16th

of Iyar 5474 [see note]

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

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I believe that there is an error in the year (a character was omitted). The stone reads 5474, which would put the death in the year 1714. I suspect that the year should be 5674. In that year, the 16th of Iyar began at sunset on May 11th, 1914, and ended at sunset on the 12th.

(I see that you have posted 4 other stones. I cannot get to them today, but will try to do so within the next few days).

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