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A Weeping Tree*|Here lies buried|R. Joshua the son of Nachum|The Cohen|A righteous, upright, and faithful man**|Distinguished in Torah and reverent|He taught and spread Torah to the people|That he departed on the eve of Rosh Hashanah|Of the Year 5681 (1921)|* The term|is found at Genesis 35:8 where Jacob buried a nursemaid of Rachel. Scripture|refers to the place as a “a tree weeping.”|** The phrase “righteous, upright, and faithful man” a quote from Mishnah Avot 1.5. It provides that one who occupies himself with Torah for its own sake merits many reward. One is the necessary preparation to be righteous, pious, upright, and faithful.