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Jewish Cemeteries - Jezierna - general view - pre 1945
General view of the cemetery
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“? Shevat year 5666
a perfect and upright man [who] walked in peace and uprightness (?); he loved to do loving kindness
and to fast and to pray, our teacher Moshe son of
the late ? HaCohen of blessed memory.
May his soul be bound in the bond of everlasting life.”

Translated by Heidi M. Szpek, Ph.D. (szpekh@cwu.edu)
Professor of Religious Studies
Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies
Central Washington University, Ellensburg, WA 98926
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Old cemetery
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(Left) Symbol of hands in benediction indicate priestly (Cohen) ancestry.  "Our teacher, ?. the precious ? Chayyim son of Aharon. [remainder not visible]."

(Right) tombstone of Moshe son of Meir Yosef
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(Left) "23rd Elul 5659, a woman"
(Left) "23rd El...
(Left) Symbol: candelabra. "Here lies - died 6th day of Nisan year 5646 - a modest woman, the married, charitable() Endil, daughter of Moshe(?) Ari. [May her soul] be bound in the bond of everlasting life." 

(Right) Symbol: candelabra. "2nd Adar I year 5670 [...]."  

(Middle) Symbol: Ark of the Covenant. "[---] Kislev [ye]ar 5657. [Here sta]nds a grave of the modest [wo]man [young] in years, the late [---], daughter of our teacher, Rabbi [---].  May her soul be bound in the bond of everlasting life." (Far back middle) "[---] 5663 [---]." 

(Far back left) "[Here lies] a perfect and upright man, our teacher the Rabbi [---] son of [...]."  

Translated by Heidi M. Szpek, Ph.D. (szpekh@cwu.edu) Professor of Religious Studies
Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies
Central Washington University, Ellensburg, WA 98926.
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