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Here lies.

Bless the one who is buried here.
Here lies. B...
Here lies
an old woman modest in her ways
Ms. Rechel [Ruchel, Rachel] daughter of Yehudah [Judah] 
died 19 Sivan 5691 [4 June 1931]  by the abbreviated era 
May her soul be bound in the bond of everlasting life 

Translated by Sara Mages (smages@comcast.net)
Here lies an o...
Here lies. A man innocent and honest went to his everlasting rest,
was kind and benevolence during his life and sought righteousness all
of his days, from a Cohanim ancestry, Shmuel Moshe [Moses] son of
Yeshaya HaCohen died 28 Tevet 5699 [19 January 1939] 
May his soul be bound in the bond of everlasting life 

Translated by Sara Mages (smages@comcast.net)
Here lies. A ma...
Died 29 Tamuz 5674 by the abbreviated era [23 July 1914]
Here lies

The old man Yakov [Jacob, Jakow] Tzvi [Tsvi,Zwi,Cwi]   
Woe to his life, an honest and just man, benefited
the needy from his wealth, from a righteous ancestry, our teacher and rabbi 
Yakov [Jacob, Jakow] Tzvi [Tsvi,Zwi,Cwi] son of our teacher
Binyamin [Benjamin]   May his soul be bound in the bond of everlasting life 
Translated by Sara Mages (smages@comcast.net)
Died 29 Tamuz 5...
Died 3 days to the month of Heshvan 5686 by the abbreviated era 
[21 October 1925]
Here lies 

A man innocent and honest who followed the righteous path,
old and full of days, enjoyed the labor of his hands, our teacher and
rabbi Moshe [Moses] Yosef [Josef] son of the late teacher and rabbi
Shmuel of blessed memory May his soul be bound in the bond of everlasting life 
Translated by Sara Mages (smages@comcast.net)
Died 3 days to ...
Died ? days to the month of Heshvan 5686 by the abbreviated era
Died ? days to ...
An acrostic poem spelling the name of the deceased Malka 

A tombstone for a modest humble woman, was kindhearted  and honest all of her days, a vision to her sons, died on 29 Kislev 5691 [19 December 1930] May she rests in paradise and may the Lord
shelter her soul  …..   [the remainder is illegible]
Translated by Sara Mages (smages@comcast.net)
An acrostic poe...
Here lies.
Dov [Dow] is absent, Woe to his life. A man tender in
years who followed the righteous path,  Mr. Dov [Dow]son of Reb
Shemuel Yosef [Joseph] May his light shine
died on the eve of the holiday of Sukkot 5701 [14 Tishrei – 16 October 1940]
May his soul be bound in the bond of everlasting life  
Translated by Sara Mages (smages@comcast.net)
Here lies. Dov...
A pitcher signifies a Levite — the Levites were responsible for cleaning the hands of the Temple priest in ancient days.

Died on the second day of the new month of Tamuz 5682 by the abbreviated era 
[28 June 1922]
Here lies buried
Moshe [Moses] 
Translated by Sara Mages (smages@comcast.net)
A pitcher signi...
Died on the second day of the new month of Tamuz 5682 by the abbreviated era 
[28 June 1922]
Died on the sec...
Here lies
a man honest and righteous who was merciful and charitable, 
feared God and was modest in his ways, benevolent and modest,
a community leader who performed good deeds, shared his bread with
the hungry, his home was widely open, was a grandson* of Tuz     
   our teacher the rabbi Naftali Hertz [Hersh] son of Shmuel 
of blessed memory died on the first day of the month of Iyar
5668 [2 May 1908] May his soul be bound in the bond of everlasting life  
Translated by Sara Mages (smages@comcast.net)
Note: Rabbi David HaLevi (1586-1667) author of the book Turei Zahav. Usually named Tuz on his book.
Here lies a ma...
The broken tree branch symbolizes the death of a young person

Here lies
We are biter for our crisis
the virgin bride tender in years was plucked in her youth 
Miss. Roza daughter of Zev [Wolf] died 9 First Adar in the year
5662 [16 February 1902]
May her soul be bound in the bond of everlasting life  
Translated by Sara Mages (smages@comcast.net)
The broken tree...
[The upper section of #55]
[The upper sect...
Here lies.
A tombstone for a woman who was modest in her ways,
performed good deeds all of her days, Ms. Hena daughter of 
Pinchas May he rest in peace, died 4  Second Adar 5695 [9 March 1935]
May her soul be bound in the bond of everlasting life  
Translated by Sara Mages (smages@comcast.net)
Here lies. A t...
Here lies 
Tear your heart for the unjust death of….Menachem son of Moshe [Moses] Yakov [Jacob]…..his family and all who knew him are mourning him, fell
in the battlefield on 10 Tamuz 5675 [22 June 1915] if only his actions can be written
in the book…..we can’t imagine and tell, they cry bitterly in pain for his loss …. was plucked at the prime of his life  May his soul be bound in the bond of everlasting life  
Translated by Sara Mages (smages@comcast.net)
Here lies Tea...