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: