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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.