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A menorah marks the grave of a righteous woman.
A hand inserting a coin into a collection tin (at the bottom of the stone)
symbolizes the charitableness of the deceased

Haya [Chaya] Riwka Felerman from Mielec [Melitz in Yiddish].

Here lies a woman honest and modest, followed the righteous women’s path,
has done her husband’s will, extended her hand to the poor and stretched out her hands to the needy, Mrs. Haya Riwka daughter of Avraham, died at the age of sixty years on
? Second Adar 5689 [March/April 1929]
May her soul be bound in the bond of everlasting life  
Translated by Sara Mages (smages@comcast.net)
A menorah marks...
Here lies a man upright and honest, the honorable rabbi R’
Yisrael/Izrael son of our teacher and rabbi Natan Neta/Nuta, died 9 Sivan
in the year 5631 [9 May 1871]  
by the abbreviated era
May his soul be bound in the bond of everlasting life  
Translated by Sara Mages (smages@comcast.net
Here lies a man...
Reb Neta/ Nuta Yosef son of Reb Fajwel Sheraga 
 
Here lies a man upright and honest, followed God’s path,
died at the age of 48 years on ? Tishrei 5678 [Sept/Oct 1917]
May his soul be bound in the bond of everlasting life.  
 Translated by (smages@comcast.net)
Reb Neta/ Nuta ...
Reb Neta/ Nuta Yosef son of Reb Fajwel Sheraga 
 
Here lies a man upright and honest, followed God’s path,
died at the age of 48 years on ? Tishrei 5678 [Sept/Oct 1917]
May his soul be bound in the bond of everlasting life.  
 Translated by (smages@comcast.net)
Reb Neta/ Nuta ...
Here lies the boy Neta Yosef son of Reb Shimon May his light shine.
Here lies the b...
Here lies a man upright and honest the honorable rabbi R’ Yisrael
son of our teacher and rabbi Natan Neta died 9 Sivan in the year
5631 [29 May 1871]
by the abbreviated era
May his soul be bound in the bond of everlasting life.  
Translated by Sara Mages (smages@comcast.net)
Here lies a man...
Written on the opened book "Who is the man that shall live, and not see death" [Psalms 89:48]

Here lies a man upright and honest, all of his deeds were done with skill, the honorable rabbi R’ Dow son of our teacher Yehudah. Died
on Monday 25 Menachem Av 5627 [26 August 1867]
by the abbreviated era
May his soul be bound in the bond of everlasting life.  
Translated by Sara Mages (smages@comcast.net)
Written on the ...
Written on the opened book "Who is the man that shall live, and not see death" [Psalms 89:48].
Here lies a man upright and honest, all of his deeds were done with
skill, tender in years, our teacher Eliezer son of our teacher Ben-Zion,
died on Monday 25 Menachem Av [26 August 1867]
by the abbreviated era
May his soul be bound in the bond of everlasting life.  
Translated by Sara Mages (smages@comcast.net)
Written on the ...
An acrostic poem spelling the name of the deceased 
Leiba ? [The epitaph is illegible]
An acrostic poe...
[The first 6 rows are illegible]… Leiba May she rest in peace
daughter of ? ? ? our teacher and rabbi R’ Avraham of blessed memory, wife of the respected elderly the eminent teacher and rabbi R’ Eliezer May his light shine, passed away on Friday 2 Iyar 5615
[20 A[ro; 1855] by the abbreviated era
May her soul be bound in the bond of everlasting life.  
Translated by Sara Mages (smages@comcast.net)
[The first 6 ro...
The eagle, King of the Birds, is a symbol of strength and power, and parallel in the  depiction of a woman to a lion. The broken candles tipped downwards are the symbol of death, of the light of life being extinguished.

Woe that a rose was cut, her glow was extinguished in her youth.
Here lies a God-fearing woman 18 years old.
Woe Alas for this woman, the earth swallowed her tender in years,
her days were cut at her spring, she is the modest and
righteous, extended her palm to the poor and stretched out her hands to the needy, Ms. Reizel daughter of our teacher and rabbi
R’ Akiva May his light shine, died on Monday 17 to the month of Adar
 in the year 5612 [8 March 1852]
by the abbreviated era
May her soul be bound in the bond of everlasting life.  
Translated by Sara Mages (smages@comcast.net)
The eagle, King...
The eagle, King of the Birds, is a symbol of strength and power, and parallel in the  depiction of a woman to a lion. 
 Oi Va Voi  (Alas)
Put on sacks and mourn the bitter day, old and young will weep and mourn her, all of her friends shouted together in a bitter voice for her,  
Woe! All of a sudden her years were cut, raise your voices with wailing
and lament with howling, died tender in years and will stand for her fate, Ms. Chaya/Haya Sara/Sure daughter of our teacher and rabbi
R’ Aharon of blessed memory, died 28 Tevet in the year 5615 [18 January 1855]
by the abbreviated era
May her soul be bound in the bond of everlasting life.  
Translated by Sara Mages (smages@comcast.net)
The eagle, King...
Lighted candles flanked by a woman’s hands about to be raised for the blessing for the 
Sabbath blessing. 
Here lies a woman important, modest and virtues, extended her hand to the poor and stretched out her hands to the needy, Mrs. Rechuma daughter of the
eminent rabbi the righteous teacher and rabbi R’ Yekutiel of blessed memory,
died on Thursday 21 Kislev by the abbreviated era, a woman who fears the Lord is to be praised, in the year 5613 [2 December 1852]
 May her soul be bound in the bond of everlasting life.  
Translated by Sara Mages (smages@comcast.net)
Lighted candles...
Here lies. May she be blessed above women in the tent (Judg. 5:24), 
she is the important modest woman Ms. Leah Rachel/Ruchel daughter of the late teacher and rabbi Yisrael of blessed memory,
 died on Tuesday 18 to the month of Shevat 
 in the year 5621 [29 January 1861]
by the abbreviated era
May her soul be bound in the bond of everlasting life.  
Translated by Sara Mages (smages@comcast.net)
Here lies. May ...
A God-fearing woman is praiseworthy, surely she is the important, modest and pious woman, Mrs. Priwa daughter of the eminent rabbi the righteous 
teacher and rabbi Meir of blessed memory,  died on Sunday 13
Nisan in the year 5622 [13 April 1862]
by the abbreviated era
May her soul be bound in the bond of everlasting life.  
Translated by Sara Mages (smages@comcast.net)
A God-fearing w...