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The Jewish cemetery of Vishki

Photos of the tombstones that I took in May 2008

(the transcription of the tombstones will come soon)

See also this page

 


 

T1

(?) son of Idel

Born 1860
Died 1941

 

 

T4

Illegible

 

T6

Here Lies Buried
 
The unmarried woman Bracha Hinda
Daughter of Yitzchak Rephael
ULMAN
Died the 25th of Nissan, 5687 (April 26/27, 1927)
 
May Her Soul Be Bound Up in the Bundle of Life

 

 

T7

Illegible

 

T8

Here Lies Buried
 
The unmarried woman
Pola(?) Shit...
Daughter of Mordechai
GATKIN/GOTKIN(?)

 

 

T9

 

T10

The unmarried man
Gershon Re'uven
Son of Nachum of Blessed Memory
 

 

 

 

T11

Here Lies Buried
 
A righteous man exceptional
In Torah and the Fear of the Lord
Shlomo the son of

Gabriel Pautrov(Pantrow or Paltrow),

Who died on the 19th of Kislev(?)
In the year...

 

 

 

 

T11

Top one belongs to a woman.

  Nathen thinks her name is Bluma.  She may have died in 5665 or 5668 (1905 or 1908).  The bottom one is illegible

 

 

T14

A woman's grave

 

T15

Here Were Buried
 
The Children
Hessin(?) Yitzchak...
Rivka...
Who died on the 12th of Kislev (Nathen can't see the year but if it is 5626 the Christian date is November 30, 1865)

 

 

 

T16

Illegible

 

 

T17

A woman's grave

 

T20

Here Lies Buried
 
The woman Tama(?)
Daughter of Yizhar(?)
Died on the 21st(?) of the month of Tishrei
in the year 56??

 

 

T21

Sora Piesha Moshevna tombstone(my Great Grandfather's brother's wife)

האשה
החשובה מ'
שרה פעסיא
בת ר' משה ז"ל
נפט' י"ב כסלו
שנת תרסא ל'

תנצבה

Here lies
the considered
woman, good lady
Sarah-Pessia (Usdin,Nachman Usdin's wife F27),
daughter of Reb Moses, of blessed memory,
died 12th Kislev,
year 5661*
Let her soul be bound in the bundle of life.

Ici repose
la femme
considérée, Dame
Sarah-Pessia,
fille de Reb Moïse - de mémoire bénie -
décédée le 12 Kislev
de l’année 5661*
Que son âme soit liée au faisceau des vivants


*= mardi 4 décembre 1900 dans le calendrier grégorien (21 novembre 1900 dans le calendrier julien)..

*=tuesday december 4, 1900[according to the pre-1918 old (Julian) calendar style = november 21,1900 according to the new (Gregorian) calendar style

 

 

T23

An Honest man
Aharon Sh'mu'el
Son of Tzvi Hersch
The Feldscher(?)
Died (?) Tishrei(?)
567(?)
 
May His Soul Be Bound Up in the Bundle of Life

 

 

T26

 

T27

Here Lies Buried
 
A respected man
The SAINT(!)
Nachman
The son of Eliakum
UZDIN
Died on the 15th of Tevet
5676 (December 21/22, 1915)
 
May His Soul Be Bound Up in the Bundle of Life

 

 

T28

Illegible

 

T29

Sheine-Léah, fille de Dov-Ber Padve,

décédée le 5 Iyyar 5662 (= lundi 12.5.1902).

Nathen wrote: Died on the 5th of Iyyar, 5664 (April 19/20, 1904)

 

T30

A prominent...woman
Pessie(?) daughter of Eliyahu(?)
TZIRIN
On Wednesday, the 7th of Adar I, 5687 (February 8/9, 1927)
 
May Her Soul Be Bound Up in the Bundle of Life

 

 

T31

Illegible

 

T32

Here Lies Buried
 
An innocent and honest man
Avraham the son of Pesach
 

 

 

T34

Illegible

 

T35

Illegible

 

T36

Illegible

 

 

T37

Illegible

 

T38

Illegible

 

T39

possibly the grave of a woman named Rachel
 

 

 

T40

Illegible

 

T41

Illegible

 

T42

Here lies Reb Solomon, son of Azriel who died 14th day of month Heshvan,year 5605

Nathen's transcription:

Here Lies Buried
 
Shlomo the son of
Azarya who died
On Thursday(?), the 19th(?) of Cheshvan(?)
In the year 560?

 

 

T43

Illegible

 

T44

Here Lies Buried
 
Sheftel
The son of Eliyahu(?)
Feivel(?)

 

 

T46

(?)
Died on the 6th day
Of the month of Kislev
In the year 5686(?)  (November 22/23, 1925?)

 

 

T48

A woman's grave

 

T49

(?) Shalom
The son of Yehuda Leib
Died the 22nd of Cheshvan(?)

 

 

T51

Hinde daughter of
Yisra'el died
(?) Tevet in the year
5659 (December, 1898/January, 1899)
 
May Her Soul Be Bound Up in the Bundle of Life

 

 

T52

I

 

T53

Illegible

 

T54

Here Lies Buried
The woman
Chaya Sarah
Daughter of Yehuda(?)
Died on the 27th(?) of Sivan
5644(?) (June 19/20, 1884?)
 
May Her Soul Be Bound Up in the Bundle of Life

 

 

T55

(?)
Son of Tzvi Hersch(?)
Died the 5th(?) of Tevet
In the year 567(?)
 
May His Soul Be Bound Up in the Bundle of Life

 

 

T57

Here Lies Buried
 
The modest woman
Beile Sheit(?)
Daughter of Abba died
On th 17th(?) of Sivan
In the year 5652 (November 17/18[?], 1891)
 
May Her Soul Be Bound Up in the Bundle of Life

 

 

T58

Here Lies Buried
 
Yosef son of Z'ev(?) 
Of Blessed Memory
Died the 20th of Av
In the year 5651 (August 23/24, 1891)
 

May His Soul Be Bound Up in the Bundle of Life

(5855/1895 according to thispage )

 

 

T59

someone who died in 5654(?)

 

T61

someone who died in Sivan, 5619(?) (June/July, 1859?)
 

 

 

T62

Here Lies Buried
 
The woman
Tzippa daughter of (?)
Died the 4th(?) of Tevet, 5626(?) (December 21/22, 1865?)
 

 

 

 

T63

The modest woman
Sarah Rivka
Daughter of Yehuda
Died on the Sabbath
The 26th of Tammuz
In the year (?)
 
May Her Soul Be Bound Up in the Bundle of Life

 

 

 

 

 

T64

Illegible

 

 

T65

Here Lies Buried
 
The modest woman
Rive(?) Yente
Daughter of Shlomo
Died on the 5th day of Adar I
5643 (February 11/12, 1883)
 
May Her Soul Be Bound Up in the Bundle of Life

(according to this page:

Liba Yente ,daughter of Schlomo 5659/1899)

 

 

 

T66

Here Lies Buried
 
Sh'mu'el son of
Yosef SHNIPT(?)
26 days in Tevet
In the year 5646 (January 2/3, 1886)
 
May His Soul Be Bound Up in the Bundle of Life

 

 

 

T68

Here Lies Buried
 
Eliyah(?) (?)
3rd of Tishrei
In the year
5664 ( September 23/24, 1903)

 

 

 

T69

Here Lies Buried
 
The woman
Chaya Rivka
Daughter of Avraham
6 days
In the month of Nissan
In the year 5683(?) (March 22/23, 1923?)

 

 

 

T71

Here Lies Buried
 
The modest woman
Chasya(?) daughter of Moshe
Died on the Sabbath the 3rd of Sh'vat
In the year 5636 (January 28/29, 1876)
 
May Her Soul Be Bound Up in the Bundle of Life

T74

A woman's grave

 

 

T77

Here Lies Buried
 
The (?) woman
Zite(?) Golde
Daughter of Sh'mu'el
Died on the 10th of Nissan
In the year 5646 (April 14/15, 1886)
 

 

T79

Here lies

the reserved woman,

Rute daughter of Abraham Aba, died 11th Sivan 5648

and according to Nathen:

Here Lies Buried
 
The modest woman
Reize daughter of Avraham
Abba died on the 11th of

Sivan, 5645 (May 24/25, 1885)

and according to this page:died 5648/1888

 

 

 

 

 

T80

Ya'akov son of
Zelig KATS
Died the 14th of Tevet,
5645 (January 1, 1885)
 

 

 

 

 

T81

Illegible

 

 

T83

Here lies

Reb Solomon, son of Reb Abraham HaLevi died 26th Tishri 5650

and according to Nathen:

Here Lies Buried
 
Shlomo the son of
Avraham HaLevi
Died on the 20th(?) of Tishrei
(?) - (if it is the 26th of Tishrei, 5650 then the Christian date is October 20/21, 1889)
 
May His Soul Be Bound Up in the Bundle of Life

 

 

 

 

 

T84

Here Lies Buried
The woman
(?)
Died on the 24th(?) of Tevet,
In the year 5643(?) (December 4/5, 1882?)
 

May Her Soul Be Bound Up in the Bundle of Life

According to this page and the date probably Rahel,daughter of Nathan

 

 

 

T86

Here Lies Buried
 
The modest woman
(?)
Died on the 25th(or 28th) of Sh'vat
In the year 56??

 

T90

Illegible

 

 

 

T91

someone who died in the month of Cheshvan
 

 

 

T92

Here Lies Buried
 
Malka daughter of
Yechi'el HaLevi
Kislev
 

 

 

 

 

T93

Here lies

Reb Ziskind, son of Reb

Juda, who died 9th Adar I, year 5629

And according to Nathen:

Here Lies Buried
 
Ziskind son of
Yehuda who died
On the 9th of Adar I in the year
5622 (February 8/9, 1862

 

 

 

 

T94

Here Lies Buried
 
David
Z'ev son of Yosef
Died on the 21st of Tevet, 5642 (January 11/12, 1882)

 

 

 

T95

(?) Abba

5627(?)

According to this page probably Abba,son of Zev,died 5626/1866

 

 

 

 

T96

Here lies

Reb Reuven, son of Reb Mordechai who died 15th Kislev, year ?

 

 

 

T97

Here Lies Buried
 
(?) son of Nachum

Who died (?)

According to this page probably

or Gershen Reuven,son of Nahum

or Natan,son of Nahum,died 5635/1875

 

 

 

 

T98

Here Lies Buried
 
An innocent and honest man
Mordechai
Died on the 20th of Adar

 

 

T99

 

 

 

T100

Here lies

a blameless and upright man,

Eliyahu, son of Aba,

son of Israel-Shimon,

died 29th Sivan 1941.

Let his soul be bound in the bundle of life.

 

 

 

T101

Here lies

a reserved woman,

Haya-Sarah, daughter of ….

Aba, who died 17th Adar 5659

 

 

 

T102

Illegible

 

 

T103

Here Lies Buried
The woman Kl...
Daughter of Chaim
(?) the 18th day 
Of the month of Cheshvan(?)
194?