Stone ID:

S24B

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

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Name Original:

מנחם מענדיל

Name English:

Menachem Mendil

Surname Original:

Surname English:

Father Original:

אלכסנדר זישע

Father English:

Alexander Zishe

Husband Original:

Husband English:

Gender:

male

Death Date Hebrew:

09-Shevat-5682

Death Date:

1922-02-07*

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Primary Symbol:

lion

Epitaph Original:

Epitaph English:

here buried
an elderly man, flawless and reputable, walked
the honest path and acted righteously
God-fearing and avoided evildoing,
he kept company with the righteous, [h]
Menachem Mendil
son of [h] Alexander Zishe
died 9th Sh'vat 5682
may his soul be bound in the bond of (eternal) life

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Stone Condition:

good apart from large crack through epitaph field

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] The literal 'God-fearing' is a translation that is widely-accepted, meaning 'devout'. '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] Literally 'dusted himself with the earth (beneath) the feet of the righteous'.
[N6] The deceased's given names appear to be the very common pair מענדיל .מנחם מענדיל is usually spelled מענדל, yielding Menachem Mendel.

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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