What Are Those Thingy-Dos in that Abbreviation? Originally Published March 6-7, 2020.
March 6, 2020
On gravestones one often sees פ״נ which stands for (essentially) “here lies.” One also may see the abbreviation (with a series of single gereshim) for “may her/his soul be bound up in the bond of life”: ת׳נ׳צ׳ב׳ה׳. Sometimes a single geresh is used in פ׳נ, too. Gershayim are also used for acronyms - as a way of letting one […]