Tombstone of Rachel Daughter of Mordechai

Tombstone date: 
1908
Cemetery: 
Community: 
Code: 
ER022
Made of: 
Sandstone
Epitaph style: 
Sunken letters
Relief style: 
Protruding
Directions: 
Facing west
Sizes: 
Height 130 cm; Width 59 cm; Thickness 15 cm;
Epitaph text: 

הוי

רכת פנים אומללה

חיי עד נפשה עלה

לקבר גווה הובלה

בניה יבכו ביללה

תמה צנועה ויקרה

מרת רחל בת המ

מרדכי זל נפטרה

א ניסן תרסח

תנצבה

English translation of epitaph: 

Woe

Beautiful [and] a poor wretch

Eternal life [for] her soul

Her body was brought to the grave

Her sons will weep and cry

Flawless modest and precious

Mrs. Rachel daughter of the Rabbi our teacher

Mordechai of blessed memory passed away

[On] 1 [of] Nisan [5]668

May her soul be bound in the bundle of life

Decoration program: 

Two lions and a candelabrum

Description: 

Good

Documentation date: 
August 0009
Documented by: 
Anna Tokhtasyeva
Documented by (old): 
Research date: 
August 0009
Researched by: