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A man, respected, upright, honest and God-fearing,
his hands supported the Torah scholars, lived in honesty
and righteousness all of his life and hated vanity,  
earned himself a good name
 for eternity, our teacher and rabbi R’ Elimelch
son of our teacher and rabbi
Aharon Meir of blessed memory,
died 16 days to the month of 
First Adar in the year 5676
[20 February 1916]
by the abbreviated era
May his soul be bound in the bond of everlasting life  
(smages@comcast.net)
A man, respecte...
A man, respected, upright, honest and God-fearing,
his hands supported the Torah scholars, lived in honesty
and righteousness all of his life and hated vanity, earned himself a good name
 for eternity, our teacher and rabbi R’ Elimelch
son of our teacher and rabbi
Aharon Meir of blessed memory
died 16 days to the month of 
First Adar in the year 5676
[20 February 1916]
by the abbreviated era
May his soul be bound in the bond of everlasting life  
 (smages@comcast.net)
A man, respecte...
A man, respected, upright, honest and God-fearing,
his hands supported the Torah scholars, lived in honesty
and righteousness all of his life and hated vanity, earend himself a good name for eternity, our teacher and rabbi R’ Elimelch
son of our teacher and rabbi
Aharon Meir of blessed memory
died 16 days to the month of 
First Adar in the year 5676
[20 February 1916]
by the abbreviated era
May his soul be bound in the bond of everlasting life  
 (smages@comcast.net)
A man, respecte...
A respected man from an 
honest lineage, was God-fearing,  
simple, just, and honest all of     
his life, his soul
detested all vanity,
earned himself a good name for eternity,
our teacher the rabbi Yakov Shemuel son of Reb
Mordechai from the Karpaph (or Karpaf) family 

(smages@comcast.net)
A respected man...
…we mourn the death of a true righteous Avraham [Abraham] son of R’ Yosef
[Joseph] of blessed memory died 24 Tishrei in the year ?  by the abbreviated era
May his soul be bound in the bond of everlasting life  
Translated by Sara Mages (smages@comcast.net)
…we mourn...
….innocent and honest,
God-fearing, studied
under the true righteous 
all of his life, from an
honorable ancestry, the blessed teacher and rabbi Mordecai Tzvi son of Reb
Zev of blessed memory 
May his soul be bound in the bond of life 

 (smages@comcast.net)
….innocen...
….innocent and honest,
God-fearing, studied
under the true righteous 
all of his life, from an
honorable ancestry, the blessed teacher and rabbi Mordecai Tzvi son of Reb
Zev of blessed memory 
May his soul be bound in the bond of life 

 (smages@comcast.net)
….innocen...
An old woman humble and modest,
important with her good deeds,
extended her hand to the poor, Mrs.
Gitel Peril
Tesherkas
daughter of Reb Dawid [David] 
wife of Reb Yitzchak Tesherkas
died 13 Elul in the year 
???  

(smages@comcast.net)
An old woman hu...
An old woman humble and modest,
important with her good deeds,
extended her hand to the poor, Mrs.
Gitel Peril
Tesherkas
daughter of Reb Dawid [David] 
wife of Reb Yitzchak Tesherkas
died 13 Elul in the year 
??? 

(smages@comcast.net)
An old woman hu...
An old woman humble and modest,
important with her good deeds,
extended her hand to the poor, Mrs.
Gitel Peril
Tesherkas
daughter of Reb Dawid [David] 
wife of Reb Yitzchak Tesherkas
died 13 Elul in the year 
??? 

(smages@comcast.net)
An old woman hu...
??? Heshvan
5694 [Oct/Nov 1933]
May her/his soul be bound in the bond of life 

Translated by Sara Mages smages@comcast.net
??? Heshvan 56...
??? Heshvan
5694 [Oct/Nov 1933]
May her/his soul be bound in the bond of life 

(smages@comcast.net)
??? Heshvan 56...
? Kurtz? from ? [son or
daughter of] R
? Kurtz? from ?...
A stone fragment for a woman.
A stone fragmen...