Stone ID:

N24C

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

Inscription Character Height, cm:

Name Original:

זישע

Name English:

Zisha

Surname Original:

זופניק

Surname English:

Zupnik

Father Original:

יעקב יצחק

Father English:

Yaakov Yitzchak

Husband Original:

Husband English:

Gender:

male

Death Date Hebrew:

25-Sivan-5699

Death Date:

1939-06-12*

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Primary Symbol:

crown

Epitaph Original:

Epitaph English:

Zisha Zupnik son of Yaakov Yitzchak, of blessed memory
here buried
an honored man, God-fearing
[h] Zisha son of [h]
Yaakov [Yitzchak, of blessed memory], died
25th Sivan (in the) year 5699
may his soul be bound in the bond of (eternal) life

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Stone Condition:

good, apart from a large crack through the epitaph; stone retains a yellow/gold paint wash over the entire front surface, and traces of black paint in portions of the epitaph characters

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:

[N3] The literal 'God-fearing' is a translation that is widely-accepted, meaning 'devout'. The word 'God' appears as אלוקים Elokim rather than אלוהים Elohim – a device employed to avoid inscribing this divine name.
[N6] Either 25th (כה) or possibly 28th (כח); 25th assumed here.

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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