Edel Grotwol

Tombstone Inscription:

Noble wife of the Schlomo Schuh I put this stone as a stele, the efficient wife and the worthy, in her a spirit the blessing, Ms. Edel, Daughter of the Reb. honored Mr. Josef Oppenheim, she died and was buried on Day 2, 22 Cheshvan 515 the little count. Your soul is involved in the bundle of life

Comments of Steinheim Institute: Dating Died and buried Monday, November 2nd, 1654; According to sk, Edel Schuh (HoSt 823) was buried with her husband (HoSt 755). Zl 1: shoe, roughly written schuch. Zln 2b / 3a: Gen 28,22. Zl 3b: Spr 31,10. Zln 4b / 5a: See Ps 51.14. Zl 8: The 23rd Cheschvan fell on Tuesday, so the Ho statement is not entirely correct. However, it was adopted because we do not know whether it was actually written in the inscription. Lö noted this inconsistency in the date. The sk indicates the correct date, which we also adopted. Abbreviation Abbreviations and sentence separators: Cannot be made out.

Stylistic device Rhyme with -wah in lines 3-5.

Tombstone description Dimensions 67 x 80 x 13 cm Description Stele with a wide frame that closes with a bow. The title block also closes with a flat sheet. Above it is a header with the everyday name of the deceased, interrupted in the middle by the house sign. House sign shoe condition The stone was broken in several fragments and lay with the inscription on the floor. Two of the fragments have been found and show signs of weathering.

About the person Edel lived in Schuh.

About the family Father: Joswel S. Löb Oppenheim (No. ffb-0271 , Ho 5592, ET around 1598) Mother: Bella T. Meir (No. ffb-0688 , Ho 431, ET 9.III.1610) Husband: Schlomo S. Jizchak Schuh (No. ffb-0444 , Ho 410, ET 21.V.1607) Children: Liwa (No. ffb-0423 , Ho 607, ET 3.V.1632) and Joel (No. ffb-0424 , Ho 532, ET 7.IX.1628)

Sources / secondary literature sk, p. 306, no. 31 MF, p. 33, no. 2 (ET: 38-2) ET 2.XI.1654 Dietz, p. 211 (mentions the father), p. 104 and p. 270 ( to husband and children) Lö, Jewish gravestones, in: Blätter ..., II. Jg., No. 8, p. 62 Ho 792 HoNam p. 735: Schur Edel b. Oppenheim HoEd: Zl 1 ע ..., in the text עדיל; שור, in the text שוך. HoSt 823omments of Steinheim Institute:

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