Stone ID:

S14A

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:

ארי' יצחק

Name English:

Aryeh Yitzchak

Surname Original:

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Father Original:

יעקב

Father English:

Yaakov

Husband Original:

Husband English:

Gender:

male

Death Date Hebrew:

--

Death Date:

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Profession:

teacher

Primary Symbol:

lion

Epitaph Original:

Epitaph English:

here buried
a man flawless and reputable, walked
the honest path all his days
immersed in Hasidut, a teacher
of young children [h]
Aryeh Yitzchak
son of [h] Yaakov of blessed memory, died
[...]

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Stone Condition:

very good except for lost bottom portion; one corner crack is well repaired; traces of red paint remain on symbol and in the name of the deceased

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:

[N4] Presumably Hasidut [Hasidus, as it would have then been pronounced] – the Hasidic way of life.
[N5] מלמד literally 'teacher' ─ 'he was a melamed', a professional 'cheder' teacher in the shtetls of eastern Europe, the children referring to him as their 'Rebbe'.
[N6] 'ארי is an abbreviation for Aryeh אריה, shortened to avoid writing יה, a Divine name.

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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