This cemetery is in the farmyard of a family living in Poroshkovo.
Before our 1997 visit, it had been identified as a cemetery containing our
Friedman family's graves and was cleaned before our visit. Haystacks and a
cornfield are next to--almost in--the cemetery. In addition to the stones
shown here, there were many stones that were worn beyond recognition, or broken.
The family told us that at some time in the past, a man living in the area
removed some stones to use as tabletops in his shop. However, he had bad
dreams in which ghosts appeared to him, so he replaced the stones in the
cemetery.
As is traditional in Jewish cemeteries in the 19th century, men's graves are
at one end of the cemetery, women's at the other end. Quite a few of the
deceased were rabbis, and one woman is noted as a teacher. Photographs are
arranged in order as found in the cemetery. A list of names follows the
photographs.
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DOV ben Moshe (?) Reuven HaCohen FRIEDMANN
5682, 1922 |
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Yitzhak HaCohen. No photo available.
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YEHUDAH YITZHAK ben Morenu HaRav Simeon [Ari?] HaCohen
Died on the holy Shabbat [or month of Shevat--unclear] 5684, 1924 |
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DAVID ben Shmuel
Our master and rabbi, David, son of our master and rabbi Shmuel
Rosh Hodesh (?) Sivan 5695, June 2, 1935 |
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MEIR ben ___ Tzvi
(date unclear) Tammuz 5620, June 1860
This stone does look older than other stones in the cemetery. |
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TZVI ARI, Cohen
Difficult to read, appears to either be son or father of Ezri Simeon
Buried 5 Kislev 5672, 26 November 1911 OR (hard to read date) 5 Kislev 5692, 15 November 1931.
Note acrostic epitaph with name, TZVI ARI, going down on right stone of stone. |
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MOSHE TZVI, haCohen, FRIEDMANN with fragment above
Moshe Tzvi ben Eli (or Ari?) Ha Rav Morenu HaCohen Friedmann (father Eli--or Ari--was a rabbi and teacher.)
Adar (?) 5677, February 1917 OR 5697, 1937. Date difficult to read.
FRAGMENT year appears to be 5680 = 1920 |
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Eliahu ben Jacob HaCohen. No photo available.
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Very old stone, mostly unreadable.
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MOSHE MEIR ben David
The honored Rabbi
(father David from Vinograd)
Date unreadable |
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YAKOV ben [David?] Moshe HaCohen FRIEDMANN
Buried the second day of the festival of Shavuot (7 Sivan 5685), May 30, 1925 |
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BASHA bas Shmuel HaCohen FRIEDMAN
Buried 27 Av 5694 (August 8, 1934)
Berta Friedman
Spitz Ernone (wife of Erno Spitz) |
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CHANA ESTHER bas Cohen Baruch, wife of Shmuel HaCohen FRIEDMAN "brilliant light"
Buried Rosh Hodesh Nisan 5693, March 28, 1933 |
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CHANA bas Cohen Avraham
Buried 21 Tevet 5694, January 8, 1934 |
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RIVKAH bas Moshe HaCohen FRIEDMANN
"Eshet Hayil Morah"--Woman of Valor, Teacher
Wife of David Polatshek.
Buried on 17 Elul 5693, September 8, 1933 |
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CHENTSHE bas Feige FRIEDMANN
Wife of Dov HaCohen, FRIEDMANN
Buried 25 Sivan 5697, June 4, 1937 |
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Lynn Saul at cemetery, July 1997. Note haystack in background.
In front of stone of BASHA |
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