Stone ID:

N15B

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

Inscription Character Height, cm:

Name Original:

אלעזר

Name English:

Elazar

Surname Original:

Surname English:

Father Original:

ישכר

Father English:

Yisachar

Husband Original:

Husband English:

Gender:

male

Death Date Hebrew:

26-Sivan-5684

Death Date:

1924-06-28*

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Profession:

Primary Symbol:

lion

Epitaph Original:

Epitaph English:

here buried
a man flawless and reputable, his business
dealings conducted with honesty
from his bread he sustained the poor
in his closing days [h]
Elazar
son of Yisachar, died
26th Sivan 5684
may his soul be bound in the bond of (eternal) life

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Stone Condition:

good, with only minimal loss of epitaph characters; much of the stone retains red and blue/black painted decoration

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.

ID Tag Poistion:

Recovery Date:

2016-03-12

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Other Notes:

[N5] בימי נעיליו 'in his closing days' [cf. the closing service on Yom Kippur called נעילה Neilah].
[N7] The biblical name יששכר Yisaschar has a silent second ש letter and is pronounced Yisachar, to the extent that it is often spelled as ישכר.

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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