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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
Photograph: Aneta Cich
Sent by: acich@wp.pl
Email: bagnowka@yahoo.pl

Here lies. [the upper section is an acrostic poem spelling the name of the deceased Baruch but it is difficult to read] The two hands, with four fingers each divided into two sets of two fingers, is the symbol of a priestly blessing — this signifies a Cohen. Baruch son of ? our teacher and rabbi Moshe Cohen May the memory of the righteous be of a blessing…….died on Thursday 4 Iyar [4 May 1843] and was buried on Friday [5 May 1843] in the year 5603 by the abbreviated era May his soul be bound in the bond of everlasting life Translated by Sara Mages (smages@comcast.net)