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Jewish Cemeteries - Gdańsk - XIX cent - today
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Gdańsk - XIX cent
Today: Poland, in 1920 - 1939 Danzig. Pre 1914 Germany,
Date: 2008
Copyright: Aneta Cich
Sent by: acich@wp.pl
Email: bagnowka@yahoo.pl
Here lies
a God-fearing man who was charitable at all times and enjoyed
the labor of his hands the honorable rabbi R’ Yechezkel son of
R’ Yakov [Jacob] Prag died with a good reputation at the
age of 72 years on Monday 19 Tishrei [13 October 1862] and was buried on
Wednesday Hoshana Rabbah in the year 5623 like a glowing sky*
by the abbreviated era
May his soul be bound in the bond of everlasting life
Translated by Sara Mages (smages@comcast.net)
*The total value of the Hebrew letters in the phraseכזוהר הרקיע
- like a glowing sky - is 623 for the year 5623
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