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Submitted by Cindy Caldon

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Category: Translation - Tombstone
Approval Date: 12/5/2021 12:05 PM
Family Surname: Roth
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I wonder if someone could please translate the hebrew on this tombstone for me? I am particularly interested in who he was the son of.

With many thanks,
Cindy Caldon

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12/5/2021 2:44 PM Here lies Meir son of Avraham and Breindel

He passed away Cheshvan 5741

May his soul be bound up in the bond of life

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This stone is relatively unusual, because it includes not only the name of his father, but the name of his mother, too.

His own name is pronounced MAY-eer.

Avraham is, of course, Hebrew for Abraham.

His mother's name is Yiddish, and is pronounced either BRAIN-del or BRINE-del (depending upon which type of Yiddish was spoken).
12/5/2021 2:49 PM I apologize for my typo. The Hebrew year of death was 5761, not 5741.

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