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(Directly underneath is
the hand symbol used
by the Cohanim to bless the people during
Festivals and High Holy Days. R. Moshe the
son of Menachem Mendel Malski was a Cohen)

My eyes cry pools of
water
Over the departed the upright man
Our teacher, our Rav R. Moshe
The Cohen Malski
Who departed on the 7th of Kislev
In the year 5680 (1920)
May his soul be bound up in the bonds of life
The phrase
is a reference to the Book of Lamentations 3:48 (read on 9th
of Av) that mourns the destruction of Jerusalem and the
exile of its
people. The verse provides:

My eyes cry pools of
water over the destruction of the daughter of my people. |