Tombstone of Barukh Son of Yehezkel Segal

Tombstone date: 
1665
Cemetery: 
Community: 
Code: 
L071
Made of: 
Sandstone
Epitaph style: 
Protruding letters
Relief style: 
Protruding
Directions: 
Facing west
Sizes: 
Height 172 cm; Width 67.5 cm; Thickness 21 cm
Epitaph text: 

 

פה נטמן

איש צדיק

תמים כמהר'

ברוך בהקדש

הרר' יחזקאל

סגל הה' [הרב הגדול] ז"ל

תנצבה תכה

לפק

English translation of epitaph: 

Here is buried

Righteous man

Innocent honorable our teacher rabbi

Barukh, son of the holy [i.e. killed by non Jews]

Rabbi Yehezkiel

Segal the great rabbi, of blessed memory

May his soul  be bound up in the bond of life

(5)425

Decoration program: 

Vase, foliage 

Description: 

Good

Documented by the Center for Jewish Art at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem in 1999 and by the Project Jewish history in Galicia and Bukovina in 2009. The oldest preserved tombstone in the cemetery.

Documentation date: 
1999
Documented by: 
Boris Khaimovich
Documented by (old): 
Research date: 
2009
Researched by: