Tombstone of Menahem Yaakov Son of Benyamin

Tombstone date: 
1895
Cemetery: 
Community: 
Code: 
E021
Made of: 
Sandstone
Epitaph style: 
Protruding letters
Relief style: 
Protruding
Directions: 
Facing west
Sizes: 
Height 164 cm, Width 64 cm, Thickness 24 cm
Epitaph text: 

 

תרנה

איש הולך תמים

לקח נפשו למרומים

טוב עשה כל הימים

יא סיון הלך לעלומים

רוחו ונשמתו עלה

לשמים מוה מנחם

יעקב בהמנוח מוה

בנימן ז''ל תנצבה

English translation of epitaph: 

 

(5)655

Man who kept the way of  justice

His soul was taken to the heaven

Doing  good deeds all their days

On 11 of Sivan he went to the Heaven

His soul and spirit were ascended to the heaven

Our teacher Rabbi Menahem Yaakov

son of the late our teacher rabbi Benyamin of blessed memory

May his soul be bound in the bundle of life

Decoration program: 

Two lions and the crown

Description: 

Good

Documentation date: 
August 2009
Documented by: 
Anna Tokhtasyeva
Documented by (old): 
Research date: 
September 2009
Researched by: