Tombstone of Mordechai Son of Menahem Yosef

Tombstone date: 
1892
Cemetery: 
Community: 
Code: 
E075
Made of: 
Sandstone
Epitaph style: 
Sunken letters
Relief style: 
Protruding
Directions: 
Facing west
Sizes: 
Height 150 cm, Width 70 cm, Thickness 18 cm
Epitaph text: 

 

פנ

גבר הולך בדרך

תמים יראת ה' מעוזו

כל הימים ב''ה שם

מחסה ונשא ונתן

באמונה ה"ה מו'

מרדכי בר מנחם יוסף

זל נ' ב' אלול תרנב

תנצבה

English translation of epitaph: 

 

Here lies

A man [who] kept the way of  justice,

The fear of God was his stronghold all his days

He negotiated in faith

Our teacher Mordechai son of Menahem Yosef of blessed memory

He passed away on 2 of Elul (5)652

May his soul be bound in the bundle of life

Decoration program: 

Two lions and a candelabrum

Description: 

Good

Documentation date: 
August 2009
Documented by: 
Andrei Shpirt
Documented by (old): 
Research date: 
September 2009
Researched by: