Copy of Wording on the Tombstones in the Jewish Cemetery of Iasi

Copy of Wording on the Tombstones in the Jewish Cemetery of Iasi
Archive documenting tombstone wordings from Iasi's old cemetery, spanning a period of approximately 200 years, 1665-1864.
The cemetery no longer exists; it was demolished in the 1870 and completely destroyed at the beginning of the 20th century. The notes with the wordings and dates on the tombstones were written by a member of the community who wished to document the cemetery before its destruction. The notes contain the wordings in Hebrew, in Romanian translation.
There are notes to which older notes are attached, from which the information was copied. For Rabbis with a tent over their graves, the writer noted in parentheses "(a shtibel)".
These notes document the Rabbis and Rebbes of Iasi and environs, their families, and families of the fathers of chasidut who lived in those areas.
The names mentioned include:
1. Rabbi Yoske of Woloshisk, Rabbi of Iasi, d. 1807. (Encyclopedia of Chasidut, B, pages 148-149) was the son of Rabbi Aryeh Leibush Horowitz of Woloshisk, disciple of the Maggid of Mezrich, who made aliya to Israel – see item 120 – Taharat Hakodesh.
2. The modest… Batsheva, daughter of Rabbi Avraham Yehoshua Heschel, Rabbi of Apta and Iasi… d. 1811. Died before her father, who succeeded Rabbi Yoske in the Iasi Rabbinate. This daughter was not mentioned in the Encyclopedia of Chasidut, A, page 87.
3. Rabbi Dov Berish son of Rabbi Tzvi Hirsh of Botshash. Served as Rabbi for forty years. Son-in-law of the Neta Sha'ashu'im – see item 100 and brother-in-law of Rebbe Avraham of Botshash.
4. Rabbi Yitzchak Yosef Rokeach, ben Rabbi Binyamin Ze'ev, d. 1858. He was a descendant of the Ba'al HaRokeach, disciple of Rabbi Israel of Ruzhyn, known as a miracle worker. There was a large tent over his grave. See Toldot Ma'aseh Rokeach by Aharon Hoizman. The Rokeach and Ludmir families are descended from him.
5. Rabbi Yosef Landa, Rabbi of Iasi, d.1853. Author of Bircat Yosef, disciple of Rabbi Israel of Ruzhyn and of Rabbi Yitzchak of Berdichev. Grandson of Rabbi Mendel MiBe'er, who was in turn a disciple of the Ba'al Shem Tov. See Toldot Yosef, Bnei Brak 1997.
These are just a few of many listings of Rabbis, their families, grandsons of Rebbes (the Ba'al Shem Tov, Rabbi Ze'e of Zhitomir – author of Ohr HaMeir, Rabi Moshe of Pshevarsk), cantors, doctors and midwives, people killed al Kiddush Hashem, and more.
241 leaves [mostly 12x17 cm]. Good condition. Numbered from 19-610, with skipped numbers. The major part are from 1800-1850.
Rare historic documentation of an early, central Jewish community. Also valuable as family documentation of the fathers of chasidut.