DOBROMYL JEWISH HEADSTONE DATABASE
Stone ID:
S03B
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Grounded/Loose:
grounded
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Color: grey Dimensions W H D, cm:
Inscription Style:
incised letter
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Name Original:
תנחום
Name English:
Tanchum
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Father Original:
יעקב
Father English:
Yaakov
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Gender:
male
Death Date Hebrew:
14-Cheshvan-5696
Death Date:
1935-11-10*
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Epitaph Original:
בעפר רגל[י צדי]ק[י]ם
'מוה תנחום בן מ
יעקב ז'ל מו'צדק'ק סאמבר
נ' י'ד [מרחשון] תרצ'ו
ת נ צ ב ה
Epitaph English:
in the company of the righteous
[h] Tanchum son of [h]
Yaakov, of blessed memory, halachic authority of the holy community Sambor
died 14th Marcheshvan 5696
may his soul be bound in the bond of (eternal) life
[h] Tanchum son of [h]
Yaakov, of blessed memory, halachic authority of the holy community Sambor
died 14th Marcheshvan 5696
may his soul be bound in the bond of (eternal) life
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Stone Condition:
fair; sections of epitaph are missing; traces of blue paint remain
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] S03A and S03B may have originally belonged to the same gravestone. Text-wise, they could be, perhaps with a missing line now covered in concrete.
[N1] Literally 'in the dust of the feet of the righteous'.
[N3] מו'צדק stands for מורה צדק 'halachic authority' or 'Posek' – a rabbinic adjudicator whose function it is to make Jewish law decisions in cases referred to him by townspeople. דק'ק stands for דקהילת קודש 'of the holy community'. The דק pair of letters thus serves both abbreviations, צדק and דקהילת.
[N3] The Hebrew doesn't vowelize the second syllable of the town name. Sambor is the Polish and Yiddish name for Sambir which lies 30+ km from Dobromyl to the east.
[N4] 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.
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.
[N1] Literally 'in the dust of the feet of the righteous'.
[N3] מו'צדק stands for מורה צדק 'halachic authority' or 'Posek' – a rabbinic adjudicator whose function it is to make Jewish law decisions in cases referred to him by townspeople. דק'ק stands for דקהילת קודש 'of the holy community'. The דק pair of letters thus serves both abbreviations, צדק and דקהילת.
[N3] The Hebrew doesn't vowelize the second syllable of the town name. Sambor is the Polish and Yiddish name for Sambir which lies 30+ km from Dobromyl to the east.
[N4] 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.
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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