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Tombstone of Avraham Son of Yehuda Leib
Tombstone of:
Avraham Son of Yehuda Leib Tombstone date:
1887
Cemetery:
Community:
Code:
F098
Made of:
Sandstone
Epitaph style:
Protruding letters
Relief style:
Protruding
Directions:
Facing west
Sizes:
Height 180 cm, Width 66 cm, Thickness 23 cm
Epitaph text:
תר ואברהם מז
שב למקומו [בראשית יח, לג] הי'
איש נבון וחכם
עסק בצרכי ציבור
באמונה והלך
בדרכי ד כל ימ[י]ו
הישיש מוהרר
אברהם בה מוה
יהודא ליב ז"ל
נפטר ט' כסליו
תנצבה
English translation of epitaph:
(5)650 And Avraham
Returned to his place [Gen. 18:33] He was
A wise and a clever man Engaged in public needs
In faith and kept the Lord's ways all his days
The old man our teacher Rabbi Rav
Avraham the son of our teacher Rabbi
Yehuda Leib of blessed memory
Passed away on 9 of Kislev
May his soul be bound in the bundle of life
Decoration program:
Two lions, flowers, 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.
Documentation date:
1999
Documented by:
Michael Beketov
Documented by (old):
Research date:
2009
Researched by:
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