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The two lions guarding and protecting the Arc symbolize strength and power.   
The crown symbolizes the "good" name and the crown of the Torah .
The two lions g...
Here lies our teacher Shemuel Moshe [Moses] son of Reb Effraim
HaCohen May he rest in peace, died 14 Tamuz ?  [the remainder is
illegible]
Here lies our t...
Two hands, with four fingers each divided into two sets of two fingers, is the symbol of a priestly blessing — this signifies a Cohen.
Two hands, with...
Here lies our teacher Shemuel Moshe [Moses] son of Reb Effraim
HaCohen May he rest in peace, died 14 Tamuz ?  [the remainder is
illegible]
Here lies our t...
Here lies the elderly man...
was engaged in his trade.....
Here lies the e...
Here lies the elderly man...
was engaged in his trade.....
Here lies the e...

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Here lies a woman tender in years, 32 years were the years of her life,
Ms. ? [the remainder is below ground]
Here lies a wom...
The broken candles tipped downwards is the symbol of death, of the light of life being extinguished.
The broken cand...
[The upper section of the stone is broken off]…streams will pour from our eyes for the death of our beloved mother the crown of our heads, a modest God-fearing woman, she will be our advocate in the heavens, May her soul be bound in the bond of everlasting life  
Translated by Sara Mages (smages@comcast.net)
[The upper sect...
A tombstone for a woman.
A menorah marks the grave of a righteous woman. 
The crown symbolizes the "good" name and the crown of the Torah.
A tombstone for...
Residents of the world dwellers of the land shout bitterly because
our crisis is great….the lily of Sharon will rest in a lump of earth, spend his
days in the company of righteous, engaged
in the Torah and in good deeds, was merciful and righteous, surely he
is the scholar, the piou, our teacher and rabbi Yitzchak [Icchok] son of
the scholar, the preacher, our teacher and rabbi Moshe [Moses] May
his light shine, and Yitzchak was dying and he died with a good name on 
8 Mar Heshvan in the year 5622 [12 October 1861] 
May his soul be bound in the bond of everlasting life 
Translated by smages@comcast.net)
Residents of th...
Residents of the world dwellers of the land shout bitterly because
our crisis is great….the lily of Sharon will rest in a lump of earth, spend his
days in the company of righteous, engaged
in the Torah and in good deeds, was merciful and righteous, surely he
is the scholar, the piou, our teacher and rabbi Yitzchak [Icchok] son of
the scholar, the preacher, our teacher and rabbi Moshe [Moses] May
his light shine, and Yitzchak was dying and he died with a good name on     
8 Mar Heshvan in the year 5622 [12 October 1861]  
May his soul be bound in the bond of everlasting life  
Translated by smages@comcast.net)
Residents of th...
The engraving of two hands with outspread fingers indicated that the dead man was descended from priestly stock (Cohanim) who blessed the people in this fashion.

And the priest [Cohen] is to put on his robe 
[Note: a qoute from Leviticus 6:10]
and a loaf of bread ? . 
Shout bitterly, shed tears like rivers…[the remainder is below ground] Translated by Sara Mages (smages@comcast.net)
The engraving o...
The engraving of two hands with outspread fingers indicated that the dead man was descended from priestly stock (Cohanim) who blessed the people in this fashion.

And the priest [Cohen] is to put on his robe 
[Note: a qoute from Leviticus 6:10]
and a loaf of bread ? . 
Shout bitterly, shed tears like rivers…[the remainder is below ground] Translated by Sara Mages (smages@comcast.net)
The engraving o...