Tombstone Inscriptions (Prague)
16th and 17th Centuries
Neḥama Wife of Shalom Uri (d. 1576)
Neḥama wife of Shalom Uri
Buried on Sunday, the 11th of Tevet 5337
This stone is a witness between us:
That death has climbed up into our window:
And eclipsed the light of our eyes:
Our mother the crown of our head:
A woman who fears God, she will be praised:
It is impossible to complete the telling of all her…
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