Cemeteries



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Jewish Cemeteries - Brześć Litewski - 1915 - pre 1945
Cemetery - painted gravestones

Translation of inscriptions is a work in progress and may be updated periodically.  Copyright of translations is held by the translator(s) as noted.  All are welcome to benefit from these translations but full reproduction is not permitted without written permission of the translator(s).
Cemetery - pain...
(Left) Symbol: lion of Judah. "Here lies an honored and precious man (who) walked in the way of the upright, our teacher, the rabbi Ya
(Left) Symbol: ...
(Front) Symbol: lion of Judah. "Here lies an honored and upright man (who) walked in perfection, our teacher the rabbi, Rabbi Lev(?) [...]." 
(Back, left) Symbol: two upraised palms. "Here lies a precious and honored man (who) walked in the way of the upright, our teacher, the Rabbi [---] Chayyim [son of ---] HaCohen [---]." 
(Back, middle) "Here lies an upright man (who) walked in perfection, our teacher, the Rabbi Shivti [---]." 

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.
(Front) Symbol:...
General view
General view...
Some gravestones
Some gravestone...
Ohelas - chapels of rebbais
Ohelas - chapel...

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