This old stone with raised letters has a deep crack - almost breaking in two before our eyes.

It marked the grave of the local shohet Shelomo ben Rav Yehiel Michel, who died Tuesday, 16 Iyyar 5586 (23 May 1826).

I do not understand what is meant by the four words beginning at the end of the second line.

 

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