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Rebecca Henriquez da Costa

d. 1771

Rebecca Henriquez da Costa died in childbirth and was buried in Cassipora cemetery, Suriname. Her epitaph was written in Hebrew and Portuguese.

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Epitaph from the Tombstone of Rebecca Henriquez da Costa

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On the day of my abundant joy illness suddenly overcame me Birth pangs and rupture overwhelmed me I gave birth and died, like a blossom I turned away And the fruit of my womb was brought with me to…
Manuscript page with two columns of writing in Yiddish and Hebrew and a decorated border.
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