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Here lies Mosze Aron son of Reb Abram of blessed memory Klajman. 
  
 May his soul be bound in the bond of everlasting life .
Here lies Mosze...
R’  Yakov Yosef 
 Rotenberg.

Here lies a rabbi eminent in the Torah, a true Hassid from a praised  ancestry, R’  Yakov [Jacob] Yosef [Josef]
son of the famous righteous rabbi our teacher and rabbi Pinchas Eliyahu May the memory of the righteous be of a blessing head of the Jewish religious court 
 of the holy community of 
Pilica [Pilz in Yiddish]
died 2 Menachem Av 5686.  
[The following is an acrostic poem spelling the name of the deceased
Yakov Yosef]
Yosef is a master in religion, his ancestors’ branch in work and 
in piety, Yakov Yosef was connected to God’s living Torah, known in the gates as a charming generous man, passed away on Tuesday 2 Menachem Av [13 July 1926], 
those who know him and his relatives mourn him bitterly, a delightful consoler to our souls was taken from us, our crown glory, Woe unto us who will heal us.   
May his soul be bound in the bond of everlasting life  
Translated by Sara Mages (smages@comcast.net)
R’ Yakov...
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Reb Shalom Hirsh Frumer/Frymer.
Here lies a young man, eminent, senior and pious, our teacher 
Shalom Tzvi Hirsh [Hersh] son of Reb Efraim Fishel May his light shine and son of the daughter of the genius rabbi Shalom Tzvi the rabbi from Zgierz, ancestor of the rabbi
Rabbi Fishel from Stryków May his merits protect us.  A roar of crisis, his parents will mourn him, weeping opposite them is his boyhood wife, his orphans will coo bitterly like birds, a 
precious gem from a righteous generation is concealed here among the best graves, on the tenth of the second month of Adar suddenly a decree was imposed on the son of Efraim, a beloved son 
who rested at the age of 31 in the year 
5687 [14 March 1927] 
 

On the left side -.
Reb Abram Yitzchak [Icek] Frumer/Frymer.

Here lies buried an old man full of days,
walked in the righteous path all of his days,
guided his sons in the ways of the Torah and adored wise scholars, found shelter with the righteous, surely he is the Hasid, our teacher and rabbi Abram Yitzchak son of R’ Simcha
Shalom of blessed memory from Aleksandrów [Aleksander in Yiddish]
grandson of the holy righteous R’ Fisheli
May the memory of the righteous be of a blessing in the world to come from Stryy [Ukraine. Stry in Yiddish]
died at the age of 77 years on 10 Iyar 5693 [6 May 1933]
May his soul be bound in the bond of everlasting life  
Translated by Sara Mages (smages@comcast.net)
On the right si...
An acrostic poem spelling the name of the deceased Henoch Yitzchak.

Here lies. What a pity! Woe to our crisis, the head of our family was taken from us,   each man is shouting Oh! bitterly,
our eyes are failing without a break, 
was honest and upright in his ways, 
was a judge in the Jewish community,
 graced the poor and the needy ?, the sound of the Torah and the sound of prayer did not
leave his mouth, HaRav Rabbi Henoch
Yitzchak [Icek] May the memory of the righteous be of a blessing, who served in the rabbinate of the city of Koło [Koil in Yiddish] for 26 years 
and ? in the holy community of Turek, died 10 Tamuz 5687 [10 July 1927] here in Łódź at the age of 57 years May his soul be bound in the bond of everlasting life  
Translated by Sara Mages (smages@comcast.net)
An acrostic poe...
An acrostic poem spelling the name of the deceased Izrael Menachem.
Reb Izrael Mendel Ginsberg.
God praise this man, his name is glorified by the merchants and the righteous,
a desired by his God-fearing brothers, they are trembling with respect in his memory, lived in Łowicz [Lovitsh in Yiddish]
where he had fun growing, managed his  
trade and was engaged in the Torah, his failing health did not cancel his studies, was close to the righteous the ministers of the Torah,
our master Izrael Menachem son of the important rabbi Rabbi Shimon Akivah of blessed memory, died 27 Tishrei 5687 [5 October 1926]
Translated by Sara Mages (smages@comcast.net)
An acrostic poe...
Reb  Azriel Zelik Bornsztajn [Bornstein].

Here lies the scholar, senior and pious, was engaged in the Torah day and night, our teacher and rabbi Azriel Zelik [Zelig] son of the pious scholar, our teacher and rabbi Abram [Avraham] Abys  from the city of ?
died 20 Av [31 July 1926] and was born 21 Av 5686
May his soul be bound in the bond of everlasting life  
Translated by Sara Mages (smages@comcast.net)
Reb Azriel Zel...
Reb Izrael Icek Aronowicz

Here lies the generous scholar, a famous pious, was engaged in the Torah all of his days, our teacher and rabbi Izrael Icek son of Reb Aron of blessed memory from Wieleń,? died on Passover eve 5687
[14 Nisan – 16 April 1927] May his soul be bound in the bond of everlasting life  
Translated by Sara Mages (smages@comcast.net)
Reb Izrael Icek...
Here lies Reb Sucher[Issachar] Grynsztajn.  
Died with a good name on Thursday Isru Chag  Sukkot ["Bind the Festival" – the day after each pilgrimage festival] 24 Tishrei [20 October
1927] and was buried
on the next day on the eve of the holy Sabbath 5688 at the age of ?. Translated by Sara Mages (smages@comcast.net)
Here lies Reb S...
Reb Icek Jankiel Kozłowski  
Here lies a man old and full of days, feared-God all of his days and sheltered with the righteous, the pious Jankiel [Yakov] Icek [Yitzchak] son of Abram [Avraham] ? of blessed memory, died
at the age of 80? on ? ? 5688 
[1927/28]
May his soul be bound in the bond of everlasting life  
Translated by Sara Mages (smages@comcast.net
Reb Icek Jankie...
Here lies the young man Szmul Josef son of Reb Mendil Kozłowski.

 Carry in lamentation for this young man, few were his days, passed like a shadow and did not see good in this world, a man who was honest a true righteous, has never done injustice to other man, died on the Holy Sabbath and was led to his burial on the first day [Sunday], mourn him together with his friends and his relatives, streams of water will run from the eyes of those who love him, died on the seventeenth of the month of Kislev in the year 5695 [24 November 1934]
Translated by Sara Mages (smages@comcast.net)
Here lies the y...
Reb Mendil Majer [Meir]  Kozłowski.

Here lies a man with a beloved soul, the philanthropist and 
the compassionate, was active 
and has done a lot to relatives and nonrelatives, he is the respected teacher and rabbi Menachem Mendil Majer son of Reb Icek Jankiel
of blessed memory
died at the age of 49 years
on the first day of Shavuot 5688
 [6 Sivan – 25 May 1928]  
 May his soul be bound in the bond of everlasting life  
 
Translated by Sara Mages (smages@comcast.net)
Reb Mendil Maje...
An acrostic poem spelling the name of the diseased Abram Icek son of Issachar Eliezer.  
[the first 2 rows are illegible] …a great crisis happened to the head of our family, our beloved was taken from us, was wise to the poor and greatly supported them, performed charitable acts every day, walked in the honest path, all of his acquaintances will testify for his righteousness, desired the truth and was moderate in his words, denounced liars and was level in his sayings, guided his home in the Torah and was uncorrupted in his trade, wrote down religion as a law to his sons, his pure and bright soul sought to worship God, his holy ancestors will greet him with joy, he left us to pain and a sad soul,
a sorrowful spirit is being sent to the land,  
a prisoner to silence will rise at the dawn of prayer.Reb Abram Icek son of Issachar Eliezer Lipman of blessed memory died with a good name 18 Kislev 
5698 [22 November 1937] Translated by Sara Mages (smages@comcast.net)
An acrostic poe...
Reb Shelomo [Salomon] Gad Żyronicki.

Here lies a God-fearing man,  wished well in his good deeds, a hero in the land, May his offspring be a righteous generation, negotiated with trust and set time for the Torah, our teacher and rabbi 
Shelomo Gad son of Reb Shemaya of blessed memory died 2 Tamuz 5688 [20 June 1928] at the age of 64. May his soul be bound in the bond of everlasting life  
Translated by Sara Mages (smages@comcast.net)
Reb Shelomo [Sa...
Reb Leibush Leizer Berliner a ritual slaughterer from here.
Reb Leibush Lei...