Stone ID:

ZBN068

Location:

NewCem

Grounded/Loose:

grounded

Intact/Fragment:

intact Group:

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Material:

sandstone

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Inscription Style:

incised letter

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Name Original:

זאמרפלק

Name English:

Menachem Mendel

Surname Original:

זאמרפלק

Surname English:

Somerflek

Father Original:

ישראל

Father English:

Yisrael

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Husband English:

Gender:

male

Death Date Hebrew:

14-Adar-5696

Death Date:

1936-03-08*

Age:

82

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Primary Symbol:

crown

Epitaph Original:

Epitaph English:

died on the 14th of Adar [5]696
a crown to a good name
here is buried
Menachem Mendel son of
Yisrael Somerflek
he was a joy to the abode of Heaven
his pure soul ascended
rising and giving by faith
he walked the path of the Lord in perfection
his hand was open to the poor
this is a teaching to his people
loved by God and by creatures
bitterly mourned by his sons and daughters
the bowels of the earth will rest his bones
his activities and deeds will praise him
he lived to be eighty-two years old
in the end, his share will rise to life
may his soul be bound in the bond of (eternal) life

Acrostic Original:

מנדל זאמרפלק

Acrostic English:

Mendel Somerflek

Additional Original:

MENDEL SOMERFLEK
185[4] – 1936

Additional English:

MENDEL SOMERFLEK
185[4] – 1936

Stone Condition:

very good: upright, slightly tilted, intact

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Other Notes:

variants of this surname in Zbarazh metrical records include Somerflek and Sommerflek

Last Revision:

2024-07-30

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