Bejle (Bella) Oppenheim

Tombstone inscription:

Bella, wife of Joswel Oppenheim, his memory for blessing. This is the woman who ordered? isover their stone, with works she is busy in heaven in their lives, may God remember of her deeds, the amiable, for show threads she spins wool and tendons for Torah scrolls, the expensive her name alike, Bella, daughter of the Lord Meir, his souvenir of blessing, different and beguiling a ravens day 3, 14 Adar 370 after a small count. Your soul is part of the bundle of life, Amen Sela

Comments by Steinheim Institute:

Dating Died and buried Tuesday, March 9th, 1610; Zln 2/3: cf. Rut 2.5 ?; still unclear. Possibly. ordered via, Zl 5b / 6a: cf. 2 Kings 20.3 and Isa 38.3 Zl 6b / 7a: cf. Ex 35.25 on the contribution of women by spinning while erecting the tent. This refers to the threads that are at the ends of the prayer shawl. Zln 7b / 8a: cf. bMeg 8b; if the pieces of leather on which the Torah is written are sewn together, only tendons may be used. Zl9: "their name is the same"; see. 1 Sam 25:25: "For as his name is, he is"; said there about Nabal who was wicked. Here the reference to the name is different, because the name Bella comes from the French la belle, the beautiful one. Zl 12: The Purim Fest where Bella died is not specifically mentioned. Abbreviation points; Sentence separator:

Stylistic device Rhyme on -ah in lines 2/3, on -eha in lines 5/6 and on - (m) a in lines 6 and 8/9.Tombstone description Dimensions 115 x 93 x 18 cm Description Stele with a rounded arch with a circumferential wide? Frame molding. Condition of the final frame has been canceled. One section is loose and leaned against the left corner near the original location. Maybe you can still find the missing parts of the header?

About the person Bella lived in the white lion.

About the family Father: Meir Bingen to the ladder (not with Ho, ET 1559) Mother: Röschen (Ho 295, ET 25.IX.1584) Husband: Joswel Oppenheim (No. ffb-0271 , Ho 5592 / undated , ET around 1598) children : She had seven children, three of whom are mentioned at ET: Löb, who died in 1634 (not at Ho, ET 20.III.1634), Meir, who was baptized with his children and was henceforth called John. Daniel Liechtenstein (ET around 1640?) and Edel Grotwol (No. ffb-0421 , Ho 792, ET 2.XI.1654) Of the five siblings, only Mosche Bingen, who died in 1604, should be mentioned here (No. ffb-0086 , Ho 395, ET 23.XII.1604).

Sources / secondary literature ET 9.III.1610 Dietz? Ho 431 HoNam p. 726: Oppenheim Bele HoEd: Zl 1 אופענהיים, in the text אופנהיים. Zl 6 הציונה, in the text לציצת. Zl 9 בשמה, in the text possibly כשמה. HoSt 955