DOBROMYL JEWISH HEADSTONE DATABASE
Stone ID:
S11A
Location:
Grounded/Loose:
grounded
Intact/Fragment:
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Location GPS:
Material:
Color: grey Dimensions W H D, cm:
Inscription Style:
incised letter
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Name Original:
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Father Original:
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Husband Original:
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Gender:
male
Death Date Hebrew:
--
Death Date:
Age:
Birth Date:
Profession:
Primary Symbol:
crown
Epitaph Original:
פ נ
איש תם וישר זקן ושבע
ימים שלחנו הי'ו מוכן לכל
עוברים ושבים הלך בדרך
'הישר ורץ אחרי מצות ד' מ
[...]
Epitaph English:
here buried
a man flawless and reputable, elderly and 'full
of days', his table was ready for all
passers-by, walked the
honest path, and pursued God's commandments [h]
[...]
a man flawless and reputable, elderly and 'full
of days', his table was ready for all
passers-by, walked the
honest path, and pursued God's commandments [h]
[...]
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Stone Condition:
fragmented, 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:
[N2-3] The phrase 'full of days' ─ i.e. contented/satisfied.
[N3] הי'ו [intending perhaps to reproduce a Hasidic pronunciation of היה] as well as avoid inscribing היה which would include the divine name יה. When first incorporated into the Wall of Memory, there appears to have been a deliberate attempt to correct to 'הי, as one would expect, by not restoring the black pigment of this letter. But, by the time the second image was taken, the pigment had eluded form this and all the letters of the inscription.
[N4] Translated as 'passers-by', literally 'passing and returning' – i.e. he was noted for his hospitality to strangers.
[N5] Literally 'ran after' God's commandments.
[N5] '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'.
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.
[N3] הי'ו [intending perhaps to reproduce a Hasidic pronunciation of היה] as well as avoid inscribing היה which would include the divine name יה. When first incorporated into the Wall of Memory, there appears to have been a deliberate attempt to correct to 'הי, as one would expect, by not restoring the black pigment of this letter. But, by the time the second image was taken, the pigment had eluded form this and all the letters of the inscription.
[N4] Translated as 'passers-by', literally 'passing and returning' – i.e. he was noted for his hospitality to strangers.
[N5] Literally 'ran after' God's commandments.
[N5] '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'.
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:
2024-03-30
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