Stone ID:

N17A

Location:

Wall of Memory

Grounded/Loose:

grounded

Intact/Fragment:

fragment Group:

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Color: grey Dimensions W H D, cm:

Inscription Style:

incised letter

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Name Original:

גרשין

Name English:

Gershin

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Surname English:

Father Original:

יצחק

Father English:

Yitzchak

Husband Original:

Husband English:

Gender:

male

Death Date Hebrew:

07-Shevat-5684

Death Date:

1924-01-13*

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Profession:

Primary Symbol:

lion

Epitaph Original:

Epitaph English:

here buried
a man flawless and reputable all
his days, gave charity, and he possessed
the faith of the righteous, elderly
'and full of days', 'he departed to his world'
Gershin
son of the late Yitzchak, died
7th Sh'vat 5684
may his soul be bound in the bond of (eternal) life

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Stone Condition:

broken but 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] The top of the stone features two lions facing one another, each on an incline, between them two tablets of stone, upon which פ נ is inscribed. Reminiscent of the adornment commonly found on top of a Torah scroll ark in a synagogue, replacing the lettering referring to the Ten Commandments with פ נ.
[N5] The phrase 'full of days' ─ i.e. contented/satisfied.
[N5] לעולמו is shortened by one letter for no apparent reason other than lack of space.
[N5] The phrase 'he departed to his world' is a commonly-encountered, euphemistic expression for 'he died'.
[N6] The biblical name Gershon גרשון is rendered here as Gershin, possibly reflecting a regional Yiddish pronunciation.
[N8] At first sight the year appears to be תרכ'ד 5624. However, the year is more likely תרפ'ד 5684 ─ the 'ear' of the פ having simply been lost over time. Dating this gravestone 60 years earlier is unlikely, as it doesn't fit the general time-frame of the others in this dataset. Furthermore this questionable third letter is rounder than the square-shaped כ of בכל on line 2, supporting פ rather than כ.

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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