THE NAME GAME

 

PARSHAS HASHAVUA שמות The Sefer מושב זקנים (Ba'alei Tosfos) writes: " The last פסוק in בראשית ends with ויישם בארון the next פסוק it says ואלה שמות. This is a רמז to put the name* of the Niftar on the מצבה. " R.Y.M.Tukichinsky zt”l  (גשר החיים קפ"ח) writes*:  "In the year 1928, the Jerusalem Museum exhibited old coffins and the remains (bones) that were found on Har Hatzofim.  He together with Rav A.Y. Kook zt”l managed to convince the Museum to return the bones for קבורה". (It's interesting - Quiet Shtadlonus without  protests & riots, can sometimes also be effective) The Museum insisted to keep the coffins. R.Y.M.T. noted that there were 23 coffins**, from two families.  Some of the coffins 1) had no name   2) had a name  3) had a name & father's***name  4) had a name & husband's**** name.  *The vast majority of the old קברים in Eretz Yisroel had no engraving at all.  ** from זמן בית שני *** Minhag Ashkenaz - to inscribe father's name Minhag Sefard - to inscribe mother's name Today many Ashkenazim add also their mother's name   **** The daughter-in-law of R. Yonasan Eibshitz remarried to a second husband. On her מצבה, it was inscribed the names of both her husbands. ( - אשת כ"ה שמעון , ומלפנים היתה אשת הנגיד  )