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If possible, the transcribed Hebrew lifted from the headstone and its English translation are given below, plus any useful notes about the translation or history of the writing.

Headstone 304


 

 

 

 

 

 

Pools of water descend from my eyes
Over the departure of my dear mother
She shall be blessed above the women of the tent *
Mrs. Hanah Faigel
the daughter of R. Yosef
Who fell on the 3rd of Elul
The year 5677 (1917)
May her soul be bound in the bonds of life
 

* The phrase “she shall be blessed above the women of the tent” is taken from Judges 5:23 and then expounded further in Talmud Sanhedrin 105 (b).

Judges 5:24 provides:

"And Yael the wife of Hever the Keninite shall be blessed from women; she shall be blessed from among the women of the tent." The Talmud Sandhedrin 105(b) explicates the phrase “the women of the tent” as a reference to Sarah, Rebekkah, Rachel and Leah.











 

Transcription and Translation Copyright 2005 Rabbi Edward S. Boraz, Dartmouth College Hillel.