Explanation for the Hebrew impaired:
On this monument the name of the deceased - Toyvah Gitel - forms an acrostic with a line of praise assigned to each letter. For example
T - Goodness [=Tov] and charity she performed all the days of her life.The fun starts on the second line where someone has modified a famous line of poetry.
On Friday night, many of us recite Eshet Chayil, a Woman of Valor, a selection from Proverbs which contains this verse:
She rises while it is yet nightOn the grave stone this has been adjusted to read:
and provides food for her household
and portions for her maidens.
She rises while it is yet night to perform the will of her husbandCool, right?
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