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Submitted by Mara Friedman

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Category: Translation - Tombstone
Approval Date: 11/10/2021 3:55 PM
Family Surname: Rothman
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I would like to get the Hebrew/Yiddish on headstone translated to English--all pertinent information. Thanks!

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11/10/2021 4:20 PM This is Hebrew (as are the vast majority of Jewish tombstones). Here is a complete translation:

Here lies

Our dear mother, Mrs.

MEHNEE FAYGA

daughter of Reb Nachum

She passed away 2 Cheshvan 5689

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

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

I have transcribed her name as it would have been pronounced.

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