Identification:

Location:
Lunna
Column:
143

Headstone:

Hebrew:

Translation

(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.