Tombstone of Haim Tzvi Son of Shimshon

Tombstone date: 
1867
Cemetery: 
Community: 
Code: 
F080
Made of: 
Sandstone
Epitaph style: 
Sunken letters
Relief style: 
Protruding
Directions: 
Facing west
Sizes: 
Height 156 cm
Epitaph text: 

 

תרכז

רץ  כצבי

עדה

המצבה ועד הגל

הזה [בראשית לא,נב] על הנפ' כי

הוא היה איש תם

וישר ועושה צדקה

וגמ'ח'[גמילת חסד] הה [הלא הוא] האלוף

הקצין מ חיים צבי

במו שמשון ז"ל

א[..] גוע  ונאסף

[...] ביום ד

[...]

English translation of epitaph: 

 

(5)627

Fast as a deer

Witness

Is this monument and witness is this mound [Gen.32.51]

On the deceased

Who was flawless and honest man

[Who] acted honesty and made charity, he is 

The outstanding leader of

community Mr. Haim Tzvi

son of our teacher Shimshon of blessed memory

Passed away and joined

[...] on the forth day of

[...]

Decoration program: 

Two deer and a bird (רץ כצבי)

Description: 

Good

Documented by the Center for Jewish Art at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem in 1999 and by the Project Jewish history in Galicia and Bukovina in 2009.

Documentation date: 
1999
Documented by: 
Boris Khaimovich
Documented by (old): 
Research date: 
September 2009
Researched by: