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Lipany, Slovakia - Jewish Cemetery

All gravestone photographs for the Lipany Jewish Cemetery are now on this gallery!! Images 1-62 were photographed in October of 2002. Images 63-145 were photographed in December of 2002. To actually see the inscriptons, I strongly suggest you view the larger images. You can do this by clicking on the first image and clicking "next" for each additonal one. These gravestones are now included on the "JewishGen Online Worldwide Burial Registry" - (JOWBR)

I would like to thank some of the people who have assisted in the translation process over the years including Tanya Klein and Steven Birnam. Please email me, if you can assist with translation. seraph@dc.rr.com (Last updated - 28 September 2008)
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An Old Woman
Who is Modest and important
mrs. Toiba the Daughter of our teach and Rabbi Eliyahu
May peace be upon him
Goodness of heart did G-d bestow upon her
(rest is cut off)
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An Old Woman
Who is Modest and important
mrs. Toiba the Daughter of our teach and Rabbi Eliyahu
May peace be upon him
Goodness of heart did G-d bestow upon her
(rest is cut off)

A man ___________ whose days were full
Walked (in the way of G-d)(I think that's what it is supposed to say) All of the days of his life
________ (it may be saying he went away from evil)
Here is the Rabbi Yehuda Leib the son of _____ Aharon
Engel___________
May peace be upon him
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A man ___________ whose days were full
Walked (in the way of G-d)(I think that's what it is supposed to say) All of the days of his life
________ (it may be saying he went away from evil)
Here is the Rabbi Yehuda Leib the son of _____ Aharon
Engel___________
May peace be upon him

(This person's name was Yakov
according to letters going down side of gravestone)
The days of his life were few
_____________________________
Was light as a tiger and swift as a deer in learning,
________ the wings of the divine presence shall be his resting place.
Died __________ 5652-1892
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(This person's name was Yakov
according to letters going down side of gravestone)
The days of his life were few
_____________________________
Was light as a tiger and swift as a deer in learning,
________ the wings of the divine presence shall be his resting place.
Died __________ 5652-1892

____________ supported his household
An old man
walked on the straight path
Here is the Rabbi Yakov son of
(our teacher and rabbi?) Yehoshua
5651-1891
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____________ supported his household
An old man
walked on the straight path
Here is the Rabbi Yakov son of
(our teacher and rabbi?) Yehoshua
5651-1891

An important and modest woman
A woman named Aliya may peace be upon her
daughter of Shmuel MOSKOWICS 
wife of Rabbi Moshe Boimahul
________________
died 11 Iyar 1899-5659
May here soul be bound up in the package of life
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An important and modest woman
A woman named Aliya may peace be upon her
daughter of Shmuel MOSKOWICS
wife of Rabbi Moshe Boimahul
________________
died 11 Iyar 1899-5659
May here soul be bound up in the package of life

Simcha
The son of the Rabbi Yeshaya
Was joyous with the words of G-d and his commandments
With the sweat of his brow he supported his family
(i'm not sure what this line means)
may he lie peacfully on his resting place
Died Rosh Chodesh Shevat (not sure what year)
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Simcha
The son of the Rabbi Yeshaya
Was joyous with the words of G-d and his commandments
With the sweat of his brow he supported his family
(i'm not sure what this line means)
may he lie peacfully on his resting place
Died Rosh Chodesh Shevat (not sure what year)

Shmuel the son of
R' Aharon Engleharter
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Shmuel the son of
R' Aharon Engleharter

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Here Was interred
An old Woman
Who was modest in her ways and glorified in her deeds.
The crowning glory of her husband, and the pride of her children.
From the path of righteousness she did not falter all the days of her life.
 
LIEBE CHANA

Daughter of our teacher and Rabbi(honorific title)
Alexander Ziskind.

Wife of our teacher and Rabbi(honorific title) Abraham Schneier Birnbaum, h'Levi 
May peace be upon him.(he passed away before her)
Died (erased) it looks like it says forty or seventy years.
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Here Was interred
An old Woman
Who was modest in her ways and glorified in her deeds.
The crowning glory of her husband, and the pride of her children.
From the path of righteousness she did not falter all the days of her life.

LIEBE CHANA

Daughter of our teacher and Rabbi(honorific title)
Alexander Ziskind.

Wife of our teacher and Rabbi(honorific title) Abraham Schneier Birnbaum, h'Levi
May peace be upon him.(he passed away before her)
Died (erased) it looks like it says forty or seventy years.

Here is interred
An old woman, modest and important
Mrs. Tova daughter of our teacher and Rabbi Eliyahu
May peace be upon him
Goodness of heart did G-d give her for her proportions
(rest is undecipherable)
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Here is interred
An old woman, modest and important
Mrs. Tova daughter of our teacher and Rabbi Eliyahu
May peace be upon him
Goodness of heart did G-d give her for her proportions
(rest is undecipherable)

Mrs. Chaya Sara Friedman
Daughter of _______ Eliezer ___________
very difficult to read the rest. It is a poem with the
letters of her name.
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Mrs. Chaya Sara Friedman
Daughter of _______ Eliezer ___________
very difficult to read the rest. It is a poem with the
letters of her name.

Tvi MILLER
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Tvi MILLER

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