Russian or Lithuanian given name: Mooscha?

[carinthiangirl]

Mosche ist hebräischer Herkunft und die hebräische Aussprache von Mose(s).
Mosche is of Hebrew origin and the Hebrew pronunciation for Mose(s).
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mosche
Other variants are Moische, Moishe, Moshe, Moyshe….

German: Mose(s) (hebräisch מֹשֶׁה Mošeh, modernes Hebräisch Mosche; griechisch Μωυσῆς, Μωσῆς Mō(y)sēs; arabisch مُوسَى Mūsā) ist die Zentralfigur im Pentateuch.
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mose
English: Moses (/ˈmoʊzɪz, -zɪs/; Hebrew: מֹשֶׁה‎, Modern Moshe Tiberian Mōšéh ISO 259-3 Moše; Syriac: Moushe; Arabic: موسى‎ Mūsā; Greek: Mωϋσῆς Mōÿsēs in both the Septuagint and the New Testament) is a prophet in Abrahamic religions.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moses

MOSES from the Hebrew name מֹשֶׁה (Mosheh) which is most likely derived from Egyptian mes meaning "son", but could also possibly mean "deliver" in Hebrew. The meaning suggested in the Old Testament of "drew out" from Hebrew משה (mashah) is probably an invented etymology. The biblical Moses was drawn out of the Nile by the pharaoh's daughter. He led the Jews out of captivity in Egypt and received the Ten Commandments from God.

[JustinL]

Bonnie,

Mooscha would be a possible phonetic spelling of the name Moische, Moishe, Moshe, Moyshe, which is simply the Yiddish version of the Hebrew name Moses. The rendering of the vowel sounds of one language in another is always difficult, especially if the second language does not really have the sounds of the first language.

So it is neither Russian, nor Lithuanian.

The Hebrew text at top of the gravestone reads Mosheh Aryeh bar Tsvi which means Mosheh-Aryeh son of Tsvi.

Rabinowitsch is itself a Germanized version of the Russian patronymical surname Rabinovi(t)ch meaning 'son of Rubin'.

Do you have any idea whereabouts in Lithuania he came from?

Justin