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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…
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Johann Christoph Georg Bodenschatz
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Prague, Holy Roman Empire
(Prague, Czech Republic)
Date:
16th and 17th Centuries
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Here is a man who revered The Name with love
Whose name was known For his generous spirit
He gave to charity To failing souls
From his pocket and his Until…
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Salonika, Ottoman Empire
(Thessaloniki, Greece)
Date:
17th and 18th Centuries
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Italics indicate that the text was written in Hebrew, not Portuguese.
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The Jewish Community of Curaçao
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Curaçao, Dutch Colonial Empire
(Curaçao)
Date:
Early 18th Century
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[ . . . May] He lengthen their days and may they be sated . . . recount to YHWH of Teman and His asherah . . .
[ . . . because(?)] YHWH of the Teman, has shown them(?) favor, has bettered their da[ys…
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Kuntillet Ajrud, Land of Israel
(Kuntillat Jurayyah, Egypt)
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Late 9th–Early 8th Century BCE
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In the eponymate of Dayan-Ashur, on the 14th of Aiaru (Iyyar), I set out from Nineveh . . .
I set out from the Euphrates and approached Aleppo. They (i.e., the inhabitants of Aleppo) were afraid of…
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853–824 BCE
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Caption Translated by Mordechai Cogan.
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ca. 826 BCE
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Avraham Melnikov
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Tel Hai, Mandate Palestine
(Tel H̱ay, Israel)
Date:
1934
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The oldest Jewish cemetery in the United States is located in New York City; the grave of Cantor Gershom Mendes Seixas can be seen here in the burial grounds of Congregation Shearith Israel.
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Photographer Unknown
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New York City, United States of America
Date:
1798
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859 BCE–824 BCE