Memorial Yahrzeit Board (1932)

Memorial Yahrzeit Board for Berényi Lipótné Farkas Anna (1932)

Ink on heavyweight paper. Calligraphic plaque with memorial prayers and verses in memory of Anna Farkas (Mrs. Lipót Berényi), Neḥamah bat Yitsḥaḳ u-Fradel, who died on July 12, 1932 and was buried in the town of Csongrád on July 14, 1932. At the center is an Eternal Light and the name Neḥamah bat Yitsḥaḳ, the Hungarian dates of her Yahrzeit (the anniversary of the Hebrew date of her death) for fifty years, and the memorial prayers Kaddish and El Male Raḥamim. At the top and bottom of the plaque are sections filled with Hebrew verses beginning with each letter of her name. Decorative elements include candles, stars of David, pillars and geometric designs.
In Hebrew and Hungarian.