Sieniawa - 19 century
Today: Poland, in 1918 - 1939 Poland. Pre 1914 Austro Hungary, pre 1795 Poland
Date: 2008
Photograph: Tomek Wi¶niewski
Email: bagnowka@yahoo.pl
The larger Hebrew letters spell the name Yakov Reuven son of ?
A dark misfortune
Here lies
Yakov [Jacob, Jakow] went on his way and left the land of the living, saw light and
rest in the in the beauty of the northern fields, he will be rewarded
for his honesty and his simplicity and the advocates will speak in his favor,
was God-fearing and a believer during his life, maintained all of his actions with wisdom
and earned himself a good name, a prominent man of great…. [the remainder is below ground] Translated by Sara Mages (smages@comcast.net)
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