Tuesday, June 9, 2015

Levi in writing and as a decoration and as individuals

Descendants of the first High Priest Aharon HaKohen, brother of Moses, have a special status in religious life, even today. It is passed down from father to son.

The same is true for the descendants of the tribe of Levi. It also passes down from father to son.

For men this is noted in the Hebrew text like this:

Abraham, son of Yehuda HaLevi

אברהם בן יהודה הלוי


But also the daughters have this noted on their gravestones:


Rachel, daughter of Zvi HaLevi

רחל בת צבי הלוי

For the Levi men, who do the ritual washing of the hands of the Kohanim before they do the Kohen blessing, a pitcher and a bowl is part of the decoration on their gravestones.

The bowl often is just a circle.

Here are some examples:










For all the gravestones without a family name, we could - in the beginning - not connect the persons buried there to any family name.
Now, with the death register for the years 1914 - 1938, this has become possible in some cases.
Here are some Levites and their family names:

Rachel APISDORF
http://jewishcemeterylubaczow2015.blogspot.no/2015/03/row-29-grave-31-rachel-apisdorf.html


Reizla APISDORF nee RISS


Jakob BERG

Syma FEDER married HERZBERG
http://jewishcemeterylubaczow2015.blogspot.no/2015/03/row-28-grave-7-syma-herzberg-nee-feder.html

Wolf FEDER

Ester GOTTESMAN married HERZBERG

Gerszon KRAEMERMAN /KRÄMERMAN 

Josef Hersz KULMAN

Hena LACHS / WACHS married HAUSEN

Samuel LEMPEL

Szymon LEMPEL


Leisor MANBER
http://jewishcemeterylubaczow2015.blogspot.no/2015/03/row-5-grave-6.html

Raphael MEHR

Berko POTASZNIK
http://jewishcemeterylubaczow2015.blogspot.no/2015/05/row-43-grave-5-berl-potasznik.html

Scheindla REINBACH  married REINBACH

Abraham SCHIKLER

Fischel SCHNEIDER
http://jewishcemeterylubaczow2015.blogspot.no/2015/03/row-18-grave-fischel-schneider.html

Malka SPINDEL married BROCH

Moses Dov and Josef SPINDEL
http://jewishcemeterylubaczow2015.blogspot.no/2015/03/row-26-grave-11-double-grave-of.html

Perec SPINDEL

Selman Zelman SPINDEL

Selig WINDMAN
http://jewishcemeterylubaczow2015.blogspot.no/2015/05/row-41-grave-7-selig-windman.html

Mendel ZIMERMAN

Ruchla ZIMERMAN  married SPIELMAN

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