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Submitted by Deborah Jaffey

Information Picture Question
Category: Translation - Tombstone
Approval Date: 10/13/2021 10:27 AM
Family Surname: Joffe
Country: South Africa
Town: Johannesburg
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I would like a translation of the Hebrew memorial inscription.

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On  Response 
10/13/2021 1:58 PM As a remembrance

of the dear woman, the righteous one,

fearing of G-d, and the crown of her home,

She spread out her palm to the poor, and sent out her hand to the destitute [this is from the poem Woman of Valor, written by King Solomon]

Mrs. CHANNAH-GITEL, daughter of Reb Menachem-Mendil,

who passed away on Monday, 13 Adar, in the year 5682.

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

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

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