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Jewish Cemeteries - Białystok 01 - today

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Białystok 01

Today: Poland, in 1918 - 1939 Poland. Pre 1914 Russia
Date: 2005
Photograph: Tomek Wiśniewski
Email: bagnowka@yahoo.pl

"Here lies [upper register an acrostic poem based on name Channah Reizal HNH RYYZL] it is she the knowledgeable woman to the name, God-fearing, in the righteousness of the Diaspora? and in perfection of ?, the late Channah Reizal daughter of Sharga Feivil a tsaddik of blessed memory, wife of his brother? Reb Sender ? of blessed memory ? She died on the day of the Holy Sabbath 18th Adar I 5660 as the abbreviated era. May her soul be bound in the bond of everlasting light." Translated by Heidi M. Szpek, Ph.D. (szpekh@cwu.edu), Assistant Professor of Religious Studies, Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies, Central Washington University, Ellensburg, WA 98926