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Tombstone Inscriptions (Prague)
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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…

Places:

Prague, Holy Roman Empire (Prague, Czech Republic)

Date:

16th and 17th Centuries

Subjects:

Gravestones, Cemetery, Burial, Mourning, Death

Categories:

History, Inscriptions, Monuments, Gravestones & Tombs
Old Cemetery of Salonika, Gravestone Inscriptions
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Here is a man who revered     The Name with loveWhose name was known     For his generous spiritHe gave to charity     To failing soulsFrom his pocket and his  wealth    Until…

Places:

Salonika, Ottoman Empire (Thessaloniki, Greece)

Date:

17th and 18th Centuries

Subjects:

Gravestones, Cemetery, Burial, Mourning, Death

Categories:

History, Inscriptions, Monuments, Gravestones & Tombs
Curaçao Cemetery, Gravestone Inscriptions
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Italics indicate that the text was written in Hebrew, not Portuguese.

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The Jewish Community of Curaçao

Places:

Curaçao, Dutch Colonial Empire (Curaçao)

Date:

Early 18th Century

Subjects:

Gravestones, Cemetery, Burial, Mourning, Death

Categories:

History, Inscriptions, Monuments, Gravestones & Tombs
Yado ba-kol (His Hand Against Every Man)
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A song I engraved on the tombstone (matzevet) of my master, my father, may he be remembered for the life of the world to come. The holy seed shall be its stock (matzavtah; Isaiah 6:13), is it not the…

Contributor:

Elijah ha-Kohen ha-Itmari

Places:

Smyrna, Ottoman Empire (İzmir, Turkey)

Date:

Beginning of the 18th Century

Subjects:

Death, Gravestones, Burial, Mourning, Community

Categories:

Visual & Material Culture, Inscriptions
Jamaica Cemetery, Gravestone Inscriptions
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Gravestone of honorable old lady Sra Rachel, wife of the wealthy citizen the honorable R. Jacob Fernandes Gill, deceased, seventh day of Passover, 22 Nisan 5486May her soul be…

Places:

Jamaica, British America and the British West Indies (Jamaica)

Date:

17th and 18th Centuries

Subjects:

Gravestones, Cemetery, Burial, Mourning, Death

Categories:

History, Inscriptions, Monuments, Gravestones & Tombs
Barbados Cemetery, Gravestone Inscriptions
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[This is the grave] of the blessed, revered, and God-fearing Abraham Baruh Henriques, who, in his life, sustained this Holy Synagogue of Nidhe Israel and protected it with…

Places:

Barbados, British America and the British West Indies (Barbados)

Date:

1700–1750

Subjects:

Gravestones, Cemetery, Burial, Mourning, Death

Categories:

History, Inscriptions, Monuments, Gravestones & Tombs