Stone ID:

N19A

Location:

Wall of Memory

Grounded/Loose:

grounded

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intact Group:

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Color: grey Dimensions W H D, cm:

Inscription Style:

incised letter

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Name Original:

יהושע העשיל

Name English:

Yehoshua Heschil

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Father Original:

משילם

Father English:

Meshilem

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Gender:

male

Death Date Hebrew:

28-Cheshvan-5698

Death Date:

1937-11-02*

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Primary Symbol:

crown

Epitaph Original:

Epitaph English:

here buried
an elderly man and 'full of days', he walked
the honest path (and) served God, [h]
Yehoshua Heschil
son of the late [h] Meshilem, of blessed memory
died 28th of the month of Cheshvan
(in the) year 5698
may his soul be bound in the bond of (eternal) life

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Stone Condition:

good; black paint wash over surface remains, and traces of blue paint remain in some letters

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:

[N2] The phrase 'full of days' ─ i.e. contented/satisfied.
[N3] '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'.
[N5] The name inscribed as משילם Meshilem probably reflects the Hasidic pronunciation, rather than the usual spelling of this name – משולם Meshulem.
[N7] The year 5698 appears as תרח'ץ [600+8+90] rather than the usual hundreds/tens/units format תרצ'ח [600+90+8], because the latter spells the Hebrew word for 'murder' or 'kill'. תרצ'ח was therefore often avoided on gravestones that year, throughout the Jewish world, for fear of 'the evil eye' עין הרע.

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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