Stone ID:

N07B

Location:

Wall of Memory

Grounded/Loose:

grounded

Intact/Fragment:

intact Group:

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Material:

Color: grey Dimensions W H D, cm:

Inscription Style:

incised letter

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Name Original:

אסתר גיטל

Name English:

Esther Gittel

Surname Original:

פאנלער

Surname English:

Fanler

Father Original:

שמעון

Father English:

Shimon

Husband Original:

Husband English:

Gender:

female

Death Date Hebrew:

17-Av-5700

Death Date:

1940-08-21*

Age:

Birth Date:

Profession:

Primary Symbol:

5-arm candelabrum

Epitaph Original:

Epitaph English:

here buried
a woman of noble character, the crown of her children
she avoided evil and bettered her ways
flawless in her actions and reputable in her deeds
'young in years', she departed her life
she was benevolent all her days
God-fearing in her devotion
good of heart and satisfied with her lot
in eternal memory shall her soul be remembered
the lady Esther Gittel daughter of [h]
Shimon, died 17th Menachem-Av (in the) year 5700
may her soul be bound in the bond of (eternal) life
Esther Gittel Fanler

Acrostic Original:

אסתר גיטל

Acrostic English:

Esther Gittel

Additional Original:

Additional English:

Stone Condition:

very good

Conservation:

Recovered from a walkway behind the house at vul. Adama Mitskevycha 8 in downtown Dobromyl in March 2016, then installed in a newly-constructed Wall of Memory at the Dobromyl Jewish cemetery in May and June 2016; see the web page About Dobromyl for more information.

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Recovery Date:

2016-03-12

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Other Notes:

[N] Her name Esther Gittel אסתר גיטל appears as an acrostic, 4+4 lines – 2-5, 6-9. These letters are enlarged. As is often the case, the acrostic is accompanied by a rhyming feature. The 5 lines 2-6 all end with the absent but understood letter ה, to avoid the explicit inscriptionיה , a divine name, each bearing an -eyah sound. The remaining 3 lines 7-9 do not require abbreviating and end with the similar sounds -tah, -kah and -tah again.
[N4] במעשיה is slightly abbreviated to 'במעשי to avoid inscribing the divine name יה.
[N5] Literally 'soft in years'.
[N7] The literal 'God-fearing' is a translation that is widely-accepted, meaning 'devout'. Since the root ירא is repeated on the same line, it is translated as 'devotion' this second time. 'God' is inscribed 'ד rather than 'ה, the standard abbreviation for Hashem השם [The Name]. Appearing only in writing, 'ד represents an even-higher level of 'distancing' than that provided by 'ה, but is nevertheless voiced 'Hashem'.
[N11] The month of Av is often termed Menachem-Av. Menachem [also used as a given name] means 'for consolation'. The Jerusalem Temple was destroyed on the 9th of Av; Menachem is symbolically added as a prefix – in the future, may this sad month no longer be associated with death but become one of consolation.
[N11] The year inscription ת'ש, with no further digits visible, always raises doubt. There is no space available to its left so ת'ש it is, the centennial year 5700.
[N13] If פאנלער then Fanler [or similar]. But it could be פאגלער Fagler [or similar]. Either way, this is a rare surname that is difficult to corroborate.

See About Dobromyl for an index to headstone locations in the Wall of Memory.
Stone is recorded as Grounded because it is fixed in the Wall of Memory.

Last Revision:

2024-04-28

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