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Headstone
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Here lies
A pure and upright man
R. Eleazer the son of R. Jacob the Cohen
Who departed on the 13th of Tamuz
In the Year 5678 (1918)
May his soul be bound in the bonds of life
The sign
of the Cohen used when blessing the people, the Shabbat,
Festivals, and High Holy Days
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Transcription
and Translation Copyright 2005 Rabbi Edward S. Boraz, Dartmouth
College Hillel.
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