Jewish Cemeteries - Łuków - today
Łuków

Today: Poland, in 1918 - 1939 Poland. Pre 1914 Russia, pre 1795 Poland
Date: 2007
Photograph: Tomasz Wisniewski
Email: bagnowka@yahoo.pl

"Here lies a woman [?] in years, the important, married Beyla daughter of Leiba of blessed memory. She died 12th Shevat year 5660 as the abbreviated era. May her soul be bound in the bond of everlasting life." [partially damaged acrostic poem follows] Translated by Dr. Heidi M. Szpek, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Religious Studies, Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies, Central Washington University, Ellensburg, WA 98926 (szpekh@cwu.edu).


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