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Died 3 Tishrei 5650 [28 September 1889]
Here lies an old man upright and honest,
God-fearing, followed the honest path, our teacher and rabbi
Mordechai son of Sheraga Feiwil
May his soul be bound in the bond of everlasting life.  
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Died on the eve of Rosh-Hashanah 5654 [29 Elul-30 September 1894]
Here lies a man upright and honest, followed God’s ways
and engaged in the holy work with trust, 
our teacher and rabbi Zachary Shimshon  
son of our teacher and rabbi R’ Mordechai. 
May his soul be bound in the bond of everlasting life.  
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Died on the eve...
Died 13 Nisan ?  
 ? son of Menachem
Died 13 Nisan ?...
Died ? Menachem Av 5646 [August 1886]
Here lies a beloved man, engaged in charitable work and  
respected his rabbis, our teacher and rabbi Shlomo Yehudah
son of the late our teacher and rabbi Yitzchak/Icek
May his soul be bound in the bond of everlasting life.  
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Died ? Menachem...
Died 4 Tishrei 5652 [9 September 1891]
Here lies a man upright and honest, feared God all of his
days, followed the honest path, our teacher Yitzchak/Icek
son of our teacher and rabbi R’ Yehudah
May his soul be bound in the bond of everlasting life.  
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Died 24 Adar 5653 [12 March 1893]
Here lies. And Mordechai returned to the King’s gate.
A man upright and honest, followed the righteous path all of his days,
our teacher Mordechai son of our teacher Yitzchak/Icek.
May his soul be bound in the bond of everlasting life.  
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Died 24 Adar 56...
……studied the Torah day and night, was kind and good to God and to people,
our teacher and rabbi R’ Moshe Baruch son of Menachem
May his soul be bound in the bond of everlasting life.  
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……s...
Died on the first day of Mar Heshvan 5633 [2 November 1872]
Here lies a man upright and honest 
great-grandson of Meli HaCohen, engaged in the Torah
and in God’s work all of his days, he is the rabbi
our teacher and rabbi Avraham/Abraham Menachem son of  
HaRav our teacher the eminent teacher Shimshon Mordechai HaCohen
of blessed memory.
May his soul be bound in the bond of everlasting life.  
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Died on the fir...
.....a young man prominent in the Torah, modest and
humble, always studied God
.....a young ma...
Died 2 Tevet 5656 [19 December 1895]
 Here lies a God-fearing righteous man, the pious
teacher and rabbi Zev son of our teacher and rabbi
Yakov/Jacob Yitzchak/Icek 
May his soul be bound in the bond of everlasting life.  
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Died 2 Tevet 56...
Died 26 Tamuz 5656[7 July 1896]
Here lies a man upright and honest, followed the honest
way all of his days, our teacher Meshulam son of  
our teacher Yeshaya Zev. 
 May his soul be bound in the bond of everlasting life.  
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Died 26 Tamuz 5...
Died on Shemini Azeret in the year 5639 [22 Tishrei – 19 October 1878]
Here lies a man upright and honest, God-fearing, from a prominent
lineage, great-grandson of our teacher Yakov Kapil from ?
our teacher and rabbi Yakov/Jacob Yitzchak/Icek 
son of Haim/Chaim Mordechai HaCohen of blessed memory.
May his soul be bound in the bond of everlasting life.  
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Died on Shemini...
Died 20 Second Adar in the year 5641[21 March 1881]
Here lies a righteous trustworthy man, loved discussions and 
the ethics of the wise, believed in his Tzdikim and was a father
to his Hassidim, his prayers brought pleasure to the community, 
left his sons at an old age and rose to the heavens, the important
rabbi the eminent righteous from a prominent lineage, our
teacher Yosef/Josef Tzvi/Cwi son of Avraham/Abraham 
[Zilberstein/Silberstein] of blessed memory
May his soul be bound in the bond of everlasting life.  
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Died 20 Second ...
Died on the last day of Passover 5639 [22 Nisan-15 April 1879]
Here lies a man upright and honest, worshiped God in secret and was righteous in his work, served in holiness in the synagogue ? ? ?
our teacher Dov Berel of blessed memory son of our teacher Kalonymos
May his soul be bound in the bond of everlasting life.  
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Died on the las...
Died on the first intermediate day of Passover 5645 [17 Nisan – 2 April 1885].
Here lies a man upright and honest, God-fearing,
lived in simplicity all of his days, negotiated with trust,
the old man, our teacher and rabbi Menachem 
son of our teacher and rabbi Moshe.
May his soul be bound in the bond of everlasting life. Translated by (smages@comcast.net)
http://reutschool.org/English/picture.asp?city=2&cityname=Josefow&altid=353
Died on the fir...