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Submitted by Deborah S Friedman

Information Picture Question
Category: Translation - Tombstone
Approval Date: 6/14/2026 4:16 PM
Family Surname: unk
Country: Ukraine
Town: Kopaihorod
Date of Image: circa 1990
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I have a series of photos of gravestones I took when I traveled to Kopaihorod in the early 1990s. Please excuse the amateur quality of them. On some I am aware that only part of the inscription is visible. Please translate the Hebrew and or Russian as appropriate. Many thanks.

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6/14/2026 6:47 PM In the arch at the top:

The left hand of what was presumably a pair of hands, indicating a Cohen, and the words "a respected man".

In the circle at either side, on top of the "pillars": here lies

Yitzchak [Isaac] son of

Moshe [Moses] the Cohen

He passed away 12 Shvat 5711

May his soul be bound up in the bond of life.
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The 12th of Shvat, 5711, corresponds to January 18th/19th, 1951.

"The Cohen" refers to both the father and son, as this is a designation going back to Aaron, Moses' brother, and is passed from father to son.

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