Halicz
Today: Ukraine, in 1918 - 1939 Poland. Pre 1914 Austro Hungary
Date: 1917
Copyright: Tomek Wisniewski
Email: bagnowka@yahoo.pl
(Left) Upper register: elaborate tree with inscription: "year 5660 as the abbreviated era." Main inscription: "Here lies the unmarried Chayy daughter of our teacher Baruch. She died 6th Cheshvan. May her soul be bound in the bond of everlasting life."
(Right) Upper register: elaborate tree with date: 5661. Main register: "Her lies the unmarried woman Chavvah daughter of Shaul Baruch [--]. She died Cheshvan. May her soul be bound in the bond of everlasting life."
Translated by Heidi M. Szpek, Ph.D., (szpekh@cwu.edu), Professor of Religious Studies, Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies, Central Washington University, Ellensburg, WA 988926
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