I apologise, I think Berka is more likely a nickname for Ber which could be interchanged with the Hebrew name Dov. Some gravestones in Bobruisk with the names Yisroel Dov or Yisroel Ber that were reco

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Here is buried A man beloved to people A dear husband and father Mr Tzvi son of Hosheya Died 21st of Tevet 5701 May his soul be bound in the bonds of life The name Hosheya is not the same as the more

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Here is buried our dear father our teacher the Rabbi Mordechai son of Mr Dov Ber. Died the 23rd of Adar I 5689. The title does technically signify that Max was an ordained Rabbi, but it is sometimes u

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There is a name Chayna pronounced "khayna" that does seem to commonly be paired with the name Chaya. I would guess that the name is related to the Hebrew word חן "khayn" meaning grace or charm. I'm no

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Odeda is correct that Solomon's father is Shimon. Shlomo is Solomon's Hebrew name, not his father.

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Is this a male or female name? My thought is that it's not so far off from the two male names Simcha and Zusha. If this was someone who had both as first and middle names it's possible that somehow it

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Hi Ittai, I am curious what makes you believe the term "Isha chashuva" used on gravestones would mean something more specific than a woman who was noteworthy and important. I think a woman who was wel

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I can't make out the headings but German-like words spelled out in Hebrew sounds more or less like Yiddish, which would have been used anywhere in Jewish Europe. I don't know if this changes any assum

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They are both in Yiddish. Unfortunately my Yiddish is basic at best so I can only make out bits about walking in the street and maybe something about glasses. If nobody replies on this forum then you

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I don't think anything about the clothes is indicative of a specific chassidik group. I think that religious Litvaks (Lithuanian or generally non-chassidik) would dress similarly. (For example there i

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I would suggest that Nuko might be a version of the Hebrew name Nachum (sometimes Nuchum). There are also related names like Nachman and Menachem. The root of all these names means comfort in Hebrew.

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Here is buried our dear father, a man who chased righteousness and kindness, the Rabbi Mordechai son of Reb Yechiel of blessed memory MICHALOVER. Died Purim 5671 at 67 years. Why were you taken before

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Here is buried a man of beloved spirit, keeper of faith, behold he is Mr Moshe Yosef. Died Friday the 15th of Av and buried on the 17th in the year 5626. You acted with straightness and did righteousn

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דוד צבי דמתקרי דוד הרש דמתקרי דאוויד בן יששכר המכ' (המכונה) בער והמכ' (והמכונה) בערנהארד פייגלא דמתקריא פראנציסקא דמתקריא פאני בת בער דמתקרי בערנהארד I would only differ from Jacob's translation in su

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I believe the name is Yaakov Yosef ZILBER BLATT (interestingly written as two words)

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Here is buried Our dear father Reb David son of Reb Yitzchak Died 4th of Sivan 5696 Reb is a title meaning Mr and doesn't signify being a Rabbi. Binyamin Kerman Baltimore MD

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Miron is correct that the heads of talmudic schools during that period were referred to as the Gaonim, but it is also a title that is still used today meaning genius and used to honor a well respected

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Looks like Yiddish to me. Maybe post it on viewmate as a Yiddish translation request. It seems like it says a name and a quick mention of being somewhere on some day, but I don't really speak Yiddish.

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As others have said the abbreviated date stands for the 21st of the first month of Adar. It would be very hard to determine if one of the people on this list is Henriette with only the limited informa

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Just to clarify the name Nissan (ניסן) is pronounced like the car company "Nee-sahn" whether Ashkenazi or Sephardi, while the closest pronunciation of Natan (נתן) I can imagine might be "Ni-sin" where

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