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Hello. The panel on the left (for Abraham) reads as follows: the first line at the top (just under the semicircle) is פ'נ : this is an abbreviation which stands for פה נטמן which means "Here lies buried". The second line down reads: "Avraham Yehuda ben Reb Dov" which is his full Hebrew name. The third line starts with נ'פ which is an abbreviation for נפשו נפטר which means "His soul died," followed by the date in Hebrew according to the Jewish calendar. The fourth line down is תנצב"ה which is an abbreviation which stands for תהיה נשמתו צרורה בצרור החיים which means "May his soul be bound up in the bond of everlasting life". The next lines are in English. For Frieda's panel the top line is the same as for Avraham. The next line gives her name "Frieda" in Hebrew and says her father was named "Moshe Mendel". The next line, as for Avraham, gives the date on which she died according to the Jewish calendar: we read that this was the day on which the holiday of Simchat Torah occurred in 1953. The last line in Hebrew is the same as for Avraham, except that the abbreviation now refers to "her soul ..." rather than "his soul...".

Interesting. I was particularly struck by this:

The third line starts with נ'פ which is an abbreviation for נפשו נפטר which means "His soul died," followed by the date in Hebrew according to the Jewish calendar.

As a Christian, I believe the soul to be immortal, and thought that the case in Judaism as well. Or is there a typo?

Either way, thanks for the education.

And חַג שָׂמֵחַ

Thank you so much and for all the detail.

I’ve been trying to find their Hebrew names as well as parents names to go further into research into Romania.

Now, I’ve got to figure out - Abraham’s ships manifest lists him as Abrah Shrafer .Leib or Abrah Leib Shrafer.

Now I have plenty more to work with - thank you SO much