Headstone 11

Hear lies buried on the 9th day of the month
of Elul 5675 (1915), so he departed
A pure, morally upright, God-fearing Man
He turned from evil,(1) plucked away in the stillness of the day [?](2)
Our teacher, our Rav, Yaakov the son of the Teacher our Rav, Meir Shmuel, may his memory be for a blessing, from the city of
Stayoniv(3) may his soul be bound up int he bonds of life.

Footnotes [see English for footnote numbers]:

1. The phrase may be found in several passages of the Tanakh (Jewish Bible).  The one
referenced here is most likely from Job 1:1.  It is an unusual reference because normally, only the
preceding phrases (A pure, morally upright, God-fearing man (Job 1:1) is placed on the matzevah.
Here, the additional phrase that follows, - “and he turned from evil” is included.  The same
phrase may also be found in Job 2:3 where God describes Job in the same fashion as found in Job 1:1 to
Satan.
2. The Hebrew phrase of , that appears on the fourth line may be found at Isaiah 38:10 and is a
reference to King Hezekiah who was ill at the time and thought he was to die.  The Soncino CD-Rom
renders it in the noontime of my days. Hezekiah eventually recovers.
3. There is a Stayanov, Ukraine which has a current a population for a 7km radius of approximately 4500.