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Submitted by Janet Schuman

Information Picture Question
Category: Translation - Tombstone
Approval Date: 4/28/2024 8:52 PM
Family Surname: Levine
Country: USA
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This is a photo of the headstone of my maternal great aunt, Masha Levine Menaker. Her husband was Abram Menaker. I would appreciate a translation of the Hebrew inscription.
Thank You
Janet Schuman

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4/28/2024 9:34 PM Here lies
A dear woman
God fearing
Masha daughter of Dovid
Died 27 Sivan 5698
May her soul be bound up in the bond of everlasting life (acronym)
4/30/2024 11:51 PM Here lies

the dear woman

G-d fearing

MASHE [MAH-sheh] daughter of Reb David

the Levite

She passed away 27 Sivan 5698

May her soul be bound up in the bond of life.
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'Reb' is an honorific; her father was not a rabbi. He was, however, a Levite, thus descended from the biblical tribe of Levi; this tribe had special significance and religious duties). This is a designation passed from father to son.

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