Tombstone of Tzvi Hirsh Son of Yitzhak Halevi

Tombstone date: 
1839
Cemetery: 
Community: 
Code: 
A2.8
Made of: 
Sandstone
Epitaph style: 
Sunken letters
Relief style: 
Protruding
Directions: 
Facing west
Sizes: 
Height 113 cm; Width 56 cm; Thickness 14 cm
Epitaph text: 

 

שנת

תקצט

ונסתלק

הצבי לחי

עולמים הה'

הרבני מהו'

צבי הירש

בהרבני מהו'

יצחק הלוי

נפטר ךג'

כסליו תנצבה

English translation of epitaph: 

The year

(5)599

And the deer run away

For eternal life

Great R.

Rabbani moreinu

Tzvi Hirsh

Son of rabbani moreinu R.

Itzhak Halevi

Died 23

Of Kislev, may his soul will be bound up in the bond of life

Decoration program: 

Two lions, circle, vases and scrolls

Description: 

good

Documented by the Center for Jewish Art , Hebrew University of Jerusalem

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