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Tombstone of Feiga Rivka Daughter of Benyamin
Tombstone of:
Feiga Rivka Daughter of Benyamin Tombstone date:
1912
Cemetery:
Community:
Code:
A065
Made of:
Sandstone
Epitaph style:
Sunken letters
Relief style:
Protruding
Directions:
Facing west
Sizes:
Height 120 cm, Width 65 cm, Thickness 17 cm
Epitaph text:
כ' אדר תרעב
פה בין רגבי אדמה
יקרת רוח הושמה
גיו ישרה ותמימה
אשה חיה מלומדת
בנות העניות הולדת
תמכה בידי היולדת
מ' פיגא רבקה בת
בנימין ז"ל תנצבה
English translation of epitaph:
20 Adar (5)672
Here, among clods of earth
Dear soul was put
? perfect and upright
Woman educated
She was receiving birth of daughters of poor
Helped to women giving birth
Mrs. Feiga Rivka daughter
Of Benyamin of blessed memory, may her soul be bound up in the bond of life
Decoration program:
Two birds and a candelabrum
Description:
Good
Documented by the Center for Jewish Art at Hebrew University of Jerusalem in 1999 and by the project Jewish History in Galicia in 2009
Documentation date:
1999
Documented by:
Victoria Migolatii
Documented by (old):
Research date:
2009
Researched by:
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