Stone ID:

N12B

Location:

Wall of Memory

Grounded/Loose:

grounded

Intact/Fragment:

intact Group:

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Color: grey Dimensions W H D, cm:

Inscription Style:

incised letter

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Name Original:

ברוך יעקב

Name English:

Baruch Yaakov

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Father Original:

מנחם

Father English:

Menachem

Husband Original:

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Gender:

male

Death Date Hebrew:

14-Cheshvan-5690

Death Date:

1929-11-17*

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Primary Symbol:

crown

Epitaph Original:

Epitaph English:

here buried
a man flawless and reputable, he enjoyed
the fruits of his labor, from his bread
he gave to the needy [h]
Baruch Yaakov
son of [h] Menachem, died 14th
Marcheshvan (in the) year (5)690 'by the small count'
may his soul be bound in the bond of (eternal) life
Yaakov [...]

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Stone Condition:

very good, with traces of red paint in letters and borders

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:

[N7] The descriptor Mar 'bitter' for the month of Cheshvan is widely encountered. Usually transcribed combined as Marcheshvan, it also often rendered in Hebrew as a single word מרחשון. The usual explanation given for the Mar prefix is that Cheshvan is the only Jewish month that is devoid of notable days, festive or otherwise.
[N7] The 3-letter abbreviation לפ'ק stands for לפרט קטן 'by the small count'. It often appears as a ligature, whereby these letters coalesce to form a single symbol. It confirms that the numeral 5 for 5000 is absent, it being obvious; a gravestone would have to predate the civil year 1239/40 for it to belong to the previous Jewish millennium.
[N9] As on other gravestones, the given name – in this case a preference for his second one, Yaakov – appears here with his surname, now no longer legible.

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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